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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 67 points 1 year ago (19 children)

IMO it's good at its roots but can be easily coopted, it's like cottagecore in that sense.

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Sorry for being a boomer mom-type character archetype. Could you explain how solarpunk and cottagecore connect and why they are good but can be coopted? I honestly need to google cottagecore again; I remember hearing the word, but I'm not that online yet, I guess.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 81 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Cottagecore was a lesbian aesthetic about escaping heteronormative society and going off grid. It got turned into a tradwife aesthetic about neo lebensraum. Solarpunk is similar, but the way it gets coopted is via green capitalism washing away the revolutionary parts of solarpunk and replacing them with consumerism of the eco friendly variety.

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you, that makes sense. It's nice to see young people respect their elders :^)

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