Hey! After seeing the main Anarchist sub on another instance be a bit of a shit show this one seems awesome and I do love me some solarpunk so this instance seems pretty cool as well.

But I gotta ask, is this instance anprim/anti-civ? I see green in the sub banner. It’s not really a worldview I vibe with since I’m very much pro-tech, pro-civ, pro-AI, pro-medicine and pro-LGBT & disability rights, so if the majority here are of that persuasion I should probably bail, don’t want to argue or start fights.

    • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Okay, I read the article and I think it’s changed my perspective somewhat.

      I can belive that the origin of Solar Punk, that is the genre of fiction that first bore that name, has little to do with Transhumanism. I don’t believe I have read the earliest Solar Punk fiction, and so I cannot make an accurate guess. At the same time the politics, philosophy, and social movement that’s been tied up with that name is what I’m really trying to talk about. I believe that the philosophy that underpins what is currently referred to as “Solar Punk”, as codified in the manifesto, is at least inspired or informed by either recent Anarcho-transhumanism or some previously novel synthesis of philosophies that includes Anarchism and Transhumanism. There’s just too much that Solarpunk philosophy has in common with the things my friends and the wider H+ community have been saying for years for me to believe it’s a coincidence.

    • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      9 months ago

      But you seem to be trolling anyway…

      What? I spent hours explaining why I believed that Solarpunk aligns with and likely is inspired at least in part by Anarcho-transhumanism; I gave a comprehensive analysis of the similarities and differences between the two. How can you call that trolling? That’s so insulting.

      I’m gonna read the article now.

      • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Bro, I looked at the other conversation you linked, and two responses in, you just drop this outta nowhere:

        As a side note this is why I don’t consider people like ol’musky transhumanists; he wants weird robots and brain implants because it looks futur-y, not because he’s grappled with the pros and cons of the solutions for decades and determined that this is the best way to help people. He’s a sham who pretends to know what he’s talking about after looking at a cool photo instead of honestly engaging with the philosophy he pretends to advocate. I am reminded of him through my interactions with you.

        How do you expect people to react when you insult them for no other reason than politely disagreeing with you?

        • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Yeah, that last sentence was uncalled for. I was feeling frustrated and dealing with some problems at work at the time, but I still shouldn’t have said that.