@enbypirate @energisch_ @PhoenixSerenity
I'm not an anarchist but my #solarpunk ideals overlap a lot in the sense of building community and networks of care outside of capitalism.
Some places are starting to do this. Scotland just passed a "community wealth building" initiative that's based, ironically enough, on Cleveland OH's case example of reinvesting in their own community. "Spend local" but taken further.
@susankayequinn @PhoenixSerenity this! This is so important.
We - as a species - are the most cooperative beings in the world. Our ability to cooperate brought us to the moon and back.
I always think about the terrible amount of work armies put in new recruits to turn them into potential murderers. We don't want to hurt each other. Quite the opposite - we crave love and solidarity
@enbypirate @susankayequinn @PhoenixSerenity The big question is, how to address people to bring out these good values in them and make them band together to regain a fair balance. Our economic systems reward the ruthless, those who are in power now. Those who are cruel to gain profits, those who use their ellbows.
They do not reward fairness, a social attitude.
But we need to change these systemes urgently. #SolarPunk
@energisch_ @susankayequinn @PhoenixSerenity I am an Anarchist, so the answer is pretty straightforward: build places where people share, organize and take care of each other. Places where kids can play, (single) parents can drink a cup of coffee and have a break.
Places where we share our knowledge and support each other in the daily struggle of capitalism. Be it with our boss, our landlords, government agencies and so on.
Where refugees, retired people, queers and even old white men are welcome. I like the notion of grassroots movements.
And we need strong democratic trade unions as well. And organizations that network these places, share knowledge and support each other.
And then we need to overthrow the government.
@enbypirate @energisch_ @PhoenixSerenity
I'm not an anarchist but my #solarpunk ideals overlap a lot in the sense of building community and networks of care outside of capitalism.
Some places are starting to do this. Scotland just passed a "community wealth building" initiative that's based, ironically enough, on Cleveland OH's case example of reinvesting in their own community. "Spend local" but taken further.
Aren't you? How sure are you?
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/
Anyway, I've asked myself how can #solarpunk come to be. How can a transition from now could look like. And I think that solarpunk societies can only begin and exist under #anarchism (not in the sense that many think it is, i.e. a "chaotic violent world", but in the true sense of the word).
