Agreed! Doomerism is toxic and a self-fulfilling prophecy.

This century is already witnessing the beginning of the coming planet-wide ecological catastrophe/collapse. It’s going to get much worse before it gets better, not to mention the geopolitical ramifications of it all with unprecedented waves of climate refugees just as one example.

I don’t really expect Solarpunk fiction to be the major catalyst for changing people’s minds. Sadly, I just expect that things will start getting so bad in certain areas that dealing with these issues will be unavoidable for survival reasons. I wish we could, as a civilization, be more proactive instead of reactive, but unfortunately…

Anyway, even if, for argument’s sake, a truly “Solarpunk” Earth is unattainable for whatever reason(s), we still have no choice. We have no choice but to work towards it and shoot for something that isn’t a total dystopian vision of the future.

I feel you.

I see your point because I also don’t think it is necessarily particularly “gay”. However, I think The Culture is always mentioned in reference to the FALGSC meme because it is one of the best examples in fiction of such a thing. And with respect to that, I view the adjective “gay” in said context as more-or-less just meaning “not influenced by cishet supremacist thought”. Just my opinion though and your mileage may vary!

The Culture

I’ve definitely been aware of that book for a long time but never got around to picking it up. Will be checking it out now! Thanks!

Probably! Thanks for the rec! Kind of forgot about those.

I agree. This technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This isn’t some utopia where a Human artist can just solely focus on creating their art and not worry about financial gain because their survival needs are always guaranteed to be met or whatever.