don't really have space in my mind for both understanding cryptocurrency and tolerating such a grossly misguided view on both solar- and lunarpunk that i can only assume it's bad faith.
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Lunarpunk is a subgenre of solarpunk with a darker aesthetic. It portrays the nightlife, spirituality, and more introspective side of solarpunk utopias. It can be defined as "Witchy Solarpunk." Aesthetically, lunarpunk usually is presented with pinks, purples, blues, black, and silver with an almost omnipresence of bioluminescent plants and especially mushrooms
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I completely agree and feel the same way. Seeing articles like this appropriate concepts like Lunarpunk / Solarpunk to promote things like cryptocurrency, which is ethically in conflict with them, has been pretty frustrating and something I've had to actively avoid for this particular community
yeah i was wondering why it even had upvotes with a title like that, tried to read both articles (cue eyes rolling back in my head), noping out, then sourced the articles to weird pro-AI cryptogrifters on nazitter.
genuinely felt in the wrong in the moment but very vindicated now.
That's definitely not a source this community, let alone instance, wants to be associated with. I say that having just passed 4 full years on the instance. Up / Down votes can fluctuate a bit over time but can be a good indicator of how others' feel about a post. I don't want to dictate or just seem like I'm censoring so I'm glad to hear from community members who seem to be on the same page that this is out of place here and feel protective enough to say so.
Despite a seeming abundance of articles like this which have presented Lunarpunk as a concept that connects with cryptocurrency, the future of crypto as it stands has no place in a Lunarpunk future as I can see it. Lunarpunk is a an extension of Solarpunk and and and the problematic energy consumption is in conflict with solarpunk ethics and as it works against the future Solarpunks hope to create. You can see the problematic places crypto can lead in posts like this . These concepts have been further discussed by various instance members, mods, and admins who have seem to come to a consensus that crypto isn't solarpunk . There was even once consideration of defederating from an instance whose main topic was crypto . While Lunarpunk is a younger subgenere / movement still being defined here, it seems as it must adhere to the ethics of Solarpunk and this instance by definition and crypto seems at odds with articles and description I posted in the sidebar or pinned to the top.