Solarpunk

@Nacktmull @poVoq - "just". Solarpunk absolutely is a coping strategy.

That's the whole point.

It's a way to cope with this bullshit and get through it.

- cope /kōp/ (intransitive verb)
To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them

How would (or how do) *you* deal with a terrible world?

I very specifically:
- Imagine what a better world could be.
- Describe and discuss with others what a better world could and should be. Giving my ideas and hearing their's. Disagreeing with methods but agreeing on the overall goal to fight and strive for that better world
- Actively work towards that better world
- Comfort and support those who are working towards that better world
- Comfort and support those who are hurt by the current world
- Receive comfort and support from others so I can get through this current world

You're damned right it's a coping strategy.

What is there to do besides cope?
- Despair
- Give up and be destroyed
- Join the oppressors with a hope to not be destroyed and still be destroyed

Or... as you seem to be doing...

Lash out, not at the oppressors, but at those holding on to hope and those who are fighting the oppressors?

That is a thing you can do, certainly. And I bet it feels cathartic - spreading your disappointment and fear onto those who would have hope and find ways to quell their fear.

Please stop.

We are finding ways to cope. Dealing with the actual bad is bad enough. Dealing with folks like you who get in the way and bring others down makes it incredibly more difficult.

"just" a coping strategy.