this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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Solarpunk

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

So animal exploitation is still part of Solarpunk, yes? Good luck with that so called "imagination" then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I mean, animals are exploited by other animals all the time... The relationships can be mutually beneficial though or at least commensal (one species benefits while the other neither benefits nor is harmed)

There are wasps that mimic bees and take over their hives for their own breeding purposes.

Some prairie dogs use bird calls as a predator warning system, which the bird exploits to steal the prairie dog's food.

Cuckoo birds lay their eggs in the nests of other birds to be raised by them

Some ants farm aphids for their sugary secretions

People were able to live side by side with so many animals over millennia without destroying entire populations. So I'd say that humans using animals instead of machines can be quite solarpunk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

peertube seems a little bit more solar and punk than thetube

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

@Elorageuse @poVoq - it is, but when you are spreading a message you have to go to where people are.