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So there's a climate apocalypse coming. I spent a while being blackpilled on it until I tried to hurt myself because of the stress that put on me mentally. I v

So there's a climate apocalypse coming. I spent a while being blackpilled on it until I tried to hurt myself because of the stress that put on me mentally. I view solarpunk as being the things that you mentioned (some of which I wasn't aware of, thanks!) plus a general attitude of "yes, things are very bad, and they're gonna get worse, but we'll work now so we can live later, we'll meet the challenge in some way, we'll fight capitalism and kyriarchy, we'll build community, we'll build resilient structures, we'll live." Are these foolish hopes? They might be. But I'd rather hope foolishly than be a collapsenik who truly believes there is nothing left to live for.

dougmwne 5y ago
I'm not sure where you see your personal role at, but I think if you spent any time being blackpilled then you really need to step back and reconnect to your own sphere of influence. These are huge issues and they are way beyond us individually. They are not yours to solve unless I am unknowingly talking to a head of state. I say this as someone who has spent most of my career working with environmental nonprofits and have been on the ground and in the room on these issues many a time and with many of the people who influence US policy. Finding a way to act is helpful, despair is not. I appreciate Solarpunk as a budding eco ideology, it just feels pretty early for it to have any real solutions or influence. But if its proponents keep sharpening it then I hope to see it enter the arena of serious ideas about how we get ourselves out of this mess.