Email or username:

Password:

Forgot your password?
Top-level
Kevin Karhan

@0xF21D @thewarragulman @NanoRaptor the point is #Misk and his followers don't understand that #CyberPunk is a #dystopia not to be aspire for, unlike #SolarPunk, which is a #utopia we all should work towards...

11 comments
Kavus

@kkarhan
Solarpunk is like the utopian version of Cyberpunk, right?
@0xF21D @thewarragulman @NanoRaptor

Kavus

@kkarhan
That's cool! Because I like the cyberpunk aesthetic, but I don't like dystopias.
@0xF21D @thewarragulman @NanoRaptor

Robert Hollingshead :donor:

@Kavus @kkarhan @thewarragulman @NanoRaptor as long as corporatized “SolarPunk” is avoided. That’s just dystopia with solar panels.

Fully Automated! Solarpunk RPG

@kkarhan @0xF21D @Kavus @thewarragulman @NanoRaptor

I have a theory that at the apex of Maslow's hierarchy, the megarich all become philosophers obsessed with trying to assert their foundational beliefs as objective truth, and that this is the only thing that takes precedence over material concerns.

A common core tenant is that society is and always will be adversarial and zero-sum. Nothing would cause them greater existential trauma than people supporting each other and all benefiting.

Kevin Karhan replied to Robert Hollingshead :donor:

@0xF21D @FullyAutomatedRPG @Kavus @thewarragulman @NanoRaptor also we see that kind of #hierachical and #classist thinking already , with some #TechBros and #Billionaires wanting to turn the #SiliconValley into a #paywalled #GatedCommunity where they'll get all the good and nice urbanization with walkable- & bikeable cities as well as #PublicTransport whilst basically banning everyone who isn't working for them.

- Kinda like #Lanai, but worse!en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanai

Lex

@kkarhan @0xF21D @thewarragulman @NanoRaptor

I fear it's not that simple. For musk and like-minded people, #solarpunk is a total dystopia.

Equality? Radical democracy? How dare you stop superior people from rising to their rightful positions above the masses?

Curbing technological advancements in favour of sustainability? Clearly you've lost the big picture!

End capitalism? The economy will be terribly inefficient!

Go Up