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> Wouldn't it make sense to try and become someone with actual power and care? That seems to be what Elon Musk is doing, if you believe he cares about anything or not, I certainly see more electric cars on the road because of him.
Fighting a system by becoming part of it doesn't seem very effective. I thought about doing this at one point but realized that trying to gain power and wealth in this system that is antithetical to solarpunk ideals will necessarily be self-defeating and either lead to the abandonment of these ideals, or lead to a green coat of paint over the current system without any genuine change. That's at least what those in power adopting the aesthetic are trying to do anyways: greenwash cities by adding random trees. This system will defang movements that hope to step outside of it and then absorb the trivialized remains of movements against it, if given the chance through institutionalization.

I'm not sure what the solution is, but I have a good idea of what we want it to look like. This is a new movement so we're still figuring out a lot of this stuff. As we figure out our vision more and clarify it we can spread it through culture and hopefully one day subvert the system. I know that guerilla gardening and other methods of showing people the value of solarpunk so they can adopt it (instead of making it a politicized issue for people to contest) will be stepping stones in the process. It's an up-hill battle, much like right to repair, much like the civil rights movement. But like them, people will realize the value of these ideas with time and the best we can do is figure out what those ideas are, how to spread them effectively, and how to get people to see why they're worth having. It's like being a libertarian in a fascist regime, you're gonna face a lot of pushback from people who have been misled and who benefit from things being as they are, but you'll win given enough time and momentum.

Later this year I'm giving the surplus of my food garden away to the community for free, making some community repair spaces too. The hope is people will realize not everything has to be about money, that not everything has to be so replacable, the joy of customization and repair, and the abundance of food on God's green earth.

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