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(Video) Solarpunk: An Ideology Based on Pictures (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
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The title's a little blunt, but the message is more "what is Solarpunk art good for", explaining how aesthetics can be co-opted, why art is important for the movement, but also some common criticisms of the aesthetic uses of solarpunk.

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[–] Five@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm glad you said something. I don't mind so much when pieces that are critical of solarpunk or a corruption of the aesthetic are occasionally posted here because it gives the community an opportunity to define itself against those representations. I tend to skip over them myself though. I think introspection and criticism are core to the Solarpunk ideal, and I'm glad this essay was a fresh carafe of that tea.