Why less fantastical shades of our genre have greater power to inspire

  • Charliebeans@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing it badly. I really agree that tangible visions are easier to convert to action. But I think we need both visions - tangible and idealistic, since they feed each other in my eyes.

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      1 year ago

      The idealistic is the end location, the tangible is the directions to it.

      We can’t arrive there if we don’t know how, and knowing how won’t get us there if we don’t have the location.

      • keepthepace@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        Yup. I am not interested in packing if the destination is just the trailer park down the road. I prepared for utopia, I won’t settle for less! Your solar cooked organic food is really nice but it is just a rest in our trip to the fully automated space luxury communism we all deserve.

    • Steve@slrpnk.netOPM
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      1 year ago

      Agreed. The end of the article refers to a “more rooted shade of solarpunk” implying a diversity of thought and tactics. I think sometimes people get stuck in a “this or that “ line of thought when it’s possible and useful to have “this AND that “