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# Solarpunk Is Not About Pretty Aesthetics. It's About the End of Capitalism
- URL: https://werd.io/solarpunk-is-not-about-pretty-aesthetics-its-about-the-end/
- Published: 2021-09-07T17:29:38.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-07T17:29:38.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"Solarpunk took inspiration from the Cyberpunk and Steampunk aesthetics that came before it—take the lush paradises of Studio Ghibli films with just a few more solar panels. Cyberpunk uses science fiction to explore our anxieties in the rapidly developing technical age, while Steampunk is nostalgic for the aesthetics of the industrial revolution. But unlike these dystopian and mechanical universes, Solarpunk is a more optimistic, regenerative vision of the future." I'm all in.

\[[Link](https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5aym/solarpunk-is-not-about-pretty-aesthetics-its-about-the-end-of-capitalism)\]