Goofy because Solarpunk (while idealist as @Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net points out) is more interested in human involvement and labor than any other "-punk" aesthetic.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 week ago (23 children)

Solar-punk feels like of like an inversion of socialist realism to me. Socialist realism celebrates the worker as creator with muscles straining, tools in hand, actively building the world. Labor is heroic, collective, and visibly transformative. The aesthetic screams: WE made this. On the other hand, solar-punk envisions society after the work is done with comfortable citizens enjoying green tech built by unseen hands. The aesthetic whispers: Look what grew while no one was laboring.

[–] Goblin@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All I'm getting out of this discourse is Solarpunk art needs more twinks or bears (pick yer poison) in dirty overalls installing solar panels and geodesic domes

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

yup that's the way to fix it :)

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