Solarpunk: Succeeding Where Cyberpunk Failed

The stories we tell impact our lives in many unexpected ways. In this video we will talk about the most important story yet to be told.

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Timestamps:
Intro - 00:00
Brief History of Cyberpunk - 1:55
Aesthetic Commodified - 4:33
So... Why is Solarpunk - Punk? - 8:44
Solarpunk Manifesto - 11:10
Epilogue - 18:02

Sources and Further Readings:
Union Membership and Wealth Inequality - https://jacobin.com/2021/09/labor-day...
"Techno-Orientalism" and Hollywood's Fear of Asia by ‪@MaiaCVideos‬ -    • "Techno-Orientalism" and Hollywood's ...  
Who Shot Guybrush Threepwood? | Genre and the Adventure Game by ‪@InnuendoStudios‬ -    • Who Shot Guybrush Threepwood? | Genre...  
"Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?" by Mark Fisher (Published by Zero Books)
What Kind Of Game Did Cyberpunk 2077 Turn Out To Be, Anyway? by ‪@broadcaststsatic‬ -    • What Kind Of Game Did Cyberpunk 2077 ...  
How Capitalism Destroys Radical Movements by ‪@SecondThought‬ -    • How Capitalism Destroys Radical Movem...  
Tomorrow's Leaves Short Film -    • Tomorrow's Leaves | Olympic Channel  
Olivia Louise's Tumblr Post - https://missolivialouise.tumblr.com/p...
'Dear Alice' Decommodified Edition by ‪@waffletotheleft3443‬ -    • 'Dear Alice' Decommodified Edition | ...  
Solarpunk Manifesto - https://www.re-des.org/es/a-solarpunk...
COLZA Short Film -    • COLZA - Animated Short Film 2020  
A Psalm For the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Published by Tor.com)
The Dark Cost of Electric Cars by ‪@OurChangingClimate‬ -    • The Dark Cost of Electric Cars  
15 Minute Cities by ‪@radicalplanning‬ -    • 15-Minute Cities for Leftists  
We Need A Library Economy by ‪@Andrewism‬ -    • We Need A Library Economy  
Why We Need Degrowth by ‪@OurChangingClimate‬ -    • Why We Need Degrowth  
Imagining a Solarpunk Education by ‪@HumanRestorationProject‬ -    • Imagining a Solarpunk Education  
Why We Need To Abolish Borders by ‪@Andrewism‬ -    • Why We Need To Abolish Borders  
The Myth of the Barter Economy - https://www.theatlantic.com/business/...
How The Barter Myth Harms Us by ‪@Andrewism‬ -    • How The Barter Myth Harms Us  
Neoliberalism: From Ronald Reagan to the Gig Economy by ‪@Tom_Nicholas‬ -    • Neoliberalism: From Ronald Reagan to ...  
Why It's So Hard To Imagine Life After Capitalism by ‪@SecondThought‬ -    • Why It's So Hard To Imagine Life Afte...  
How To Build A Solarpunk City by ‪@Andrewism‬ -    • How To Build A Solarpunk City  
Planned Obsolescence Will Kill Us All by ‪@unlearningeconomics9021‬ -    • Planned Obsolescence Will Kill Us All  
Making Sense of Capitalism by ‪@unlearningeconomics9021‬ -    • Value  
The Cyclical Failures of Bethesda's Terrible Writing by ‪@JessieGender1‬ -    • The Cyclical Failures of Bethesda's T...  
Why We Need Utopias by ‪@OurChangingClimate‬ -    • Why We Need More Than Solarpunk  
Very cool Solarpunk artist - https://dustinjacobus.com/
Ursula Le Guin's Full Speech -    • Ursula Le Guin  

Visuals: Terra Nil, Factorio, Cyberpunk 2077, Blade Runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner, Altered Carbon, Johnny Mnemonic, Tomorrow's Leaves, Dear Alice, COLZA, Love, Death + Robots, Strange World.

Stock Images and Footage provided by Pixabay

Footage Credits:
Factorio Footage by ‪@Nathans-Sandbox‬
1980's Wall Street Footage by ‪@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker‬
1980's New York Footage by ‪@VintageLynx‬
Mortgage Rates News Story by ‪@TheEconomicsArchives‬
Cyberpunk 2077 Free Roam Footage by ‪@DayDreamGamingTV‬
Cyberpunk 2077 Kerry Eurodine Questline Footage by ‪@GamesfromMarsYT‬
Misc Cyberpunk 2077 Footage by ‪@ChristopherOdd‬
The Beauty of Cyberpunk 2077 by ‪@defendthehouse‬
Disco Elysium Footage by ‪@myparanoidass2464‬

Music: First Light (Terra Nil), Blossom (Terra Nil), Title Reveal (Terra Nil), Mud Pits (Rain World), Icarus (Deus Ex: Human Revolution), Sewer Stress (Deus Ex: Human Revolution), 14FC (Cloudpunk), Oxygen (Terra Nil), The Omega Institute (Deus Ex: Human Revolution), Urban Downunder (Cyberpunk 2077), Surface of Gorgon (The Outer Worlds), Groundbreaker (The Outer Worlds), Hearing the Forest (Terra Nil), Clear Water (Terra Nil), Rules of Nature (Metal Gear Rising: Revengance), You Are Not Welcome Here (Pathologic 2), One Night in New Orleans (Norco), CGI Snake (Chris Zabriskie), Ignus Nilsen Waltz (Disco Elysium), Mae (GRIS), Gris Pt.1 (Gris).

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