#utopian — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #utopian, aggregated by home.social.
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Hey #Mastodon we decided to make a series of #stories, about 10 max, that will save the #world & map a way out of #climate chaos, 'economic' #inequity, #socialjustice damage etc
It is a #solarpunk endeavour. What are your #utopian and optimistic #futures that we can achieve ASAP?For us: 1 year period of Austerity with partnerships and projects amongst observers to lighten the mood, inspire & maintain momentum. Borrows ( #library of things) & the Borrow Bot. #climateChange #climatecrisis #eco
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Hey #Mastodon we decided to make a series of #stories, about 10 max, that will save the #world & map a way out of #climate chaos, 'economic' #inequity, #socialjustice damage etc
It is a #solarpunk endeavour. What are your #utopian and optimistic #futures that we can achieve ASAP?For us: 1 year period of Austerity with partnerships and projects amongst observers to lighten the mood, inspire & maintain momentum. Borrows ( #library of things) & the Borrow Bot. #climateChange #climatecrisis #eco
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Growing up, I was always told to mock #socialism as a form of utopianism, as if that was a bad thing. #Utopianism was never a belief that something would happen, or that anything would be perfect. It was a thought experiment to consider what a perfect outcome would look like, so we could implement the ideas and get as close as possible. Meanwhile, #capitalism , #conservatism , #liberalism , and #libertarianism are just as #utopian in their dreams. Capitalism and libertarianism believe that if we JUST get government out of the way, we could have the #freemarkets work the way they are supposed to and lead to prosperity for all, never mind that corporations only exist because of #bankruptcy laws and standards created by Congress. Modern conservatism believes that if we just went back to a specific, unspecified time point when religion ruled, we would have prosperity again, never mind that America was never like that, even when we were at our most religious. #Liberals believe that if freedom, equality, and equity are guaranteed, but with a true free market that does require governments to regulate it, we would have true prosperity. The only difference is that #Marx , using arguments by #AdamSmith himself, poked holes in all of these ideas at their core. That the structure itself needed an overhaul of who holds power, or at least patched with a strong welfare state, and to work toward that utopian dream where the people held the power instead of the lords or #oligarchs and everyone was a lawmaker with direct democracy, there was a return of #thecommons that was just the norm for most of human history, and #personalproperty was something you physically used, erned and worked instead of from trading, hoarding and wasting while people starved aka #privateproperty . The day the lords stole the commons from the people was the day that socialism started to exist, with the Diggers and the Levelers attempting to take on the power of the lords and realizing they already ran their own villages, or communes and affairs in their areas, and the lords were just a middleman that contributed little to nothing. Hence the term #communism , which is a return to the natural commons people like #John Locke and #Voltaire and other #Enlightenment thinkers idealized, but capitalism has brainwashed people to ignore, forget, or never know in the first place they believed this while we were told to look up to them. Utopianism gives us the power to dream, to coalesce our ideas and our ideals. When we were told not to dream of our ideal world but were told to dream of their ideal, that's when the dream died and we just all became doomers. -
Growing up, I was always told to mock #socialism as a form of utopianism, as if that was a bad thing. #Utopianism was never a belief that something would happen, or that anything would be perfect. It was a thought experiment to consider what a perfect outcome would look like, so we could implement the ideas and get as close as possible. Meanwhile, #capitalism , #conservatism , #liberalism , and #libertarianism are just as #utopian in their dreams. Capitalism and libertarianism believe that if we JUST get government out of the way, we could have the #freemarkets work the way they are supposed to and lead to prosperity for all, never mind that corporations only exist because of #bankruptcy laws and standards created by Congress. Modern conservatism believes that if we just went back to a specific, unspecified time point when religion ruled, we would have prosperity again, never mind that America was never like that, even when we were at our most religious. #Liberals believe that if freedom, equality, and equity are guaranteed, but with a true free market that does require governments to regulate it, we would have true prosperity. The only difference is that #Marx , using arguments by #AdamSmith himself, poked holes in all of these ideas at their core. That the structure itself needed an overhaul of who holds power, or at least patched with a strong welfare state, and to work toward that utopian dream where the people held the power instead of the lords or #oligarchs and everyone was a lawmaker with direct democracy, there was a return of #thecommons that was just the norm for most of human history, and #personalproperty was something you physically used, erned and worked instead of from trading, hoarding and wasting while people starved aka #privateproperty . The day the lords stole the commons from the people was the day that socialism started to exist, with the Diggers and the Levelers attempting to take on the power of the lords and realizing they already ran their own villages, or communes and affairs in their areas, and the lords were just a middleman that contributed little to nothing. Hence the term #communism , which is a return to the natural commons people like #John Locke and #Voltaire and other #Enlightenment thinkers idealized, but capitalism has brainwashed people to ignore, forget, or never know in the first place they believed this while we were told to look up to them. Utopianism gives us the power to dream, to coalesce our ideas and our ideals. When we were told not to dream of our ideal world but were told to dream of their ideal, that's when the dream died and we just all became doomers. -
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ideological stance. Social conditions may be such in a distant future that may necessitate the expansion of humanity to other (made?)habitable planets. Subsidizing "space economy" for billionaires to build an oligarchy based on hype is not an acceptable reason, even if "the Party" says so.#KSR's novels are political, in the original, Aristotelian meaning of the word 'politics'. This piece discusses the potential of #utopian #scifi to shape the world:
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/how-sci-fi-shaped-socialism/
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@xenogon
ideological stance. Social conditions may be such in a distant future that may necessitate the expansion of humanity to other (made?)habitable planets. Subsidizing "space economy" for billionaires to build an oligarchy based on hype is not an acceptable reason, even if "the Party" says so.#KSR's novels are political, in the original, Aristotelian meaning of the word 'politics'. This piece discusses the potential of #utopian #scifi to shape the world:
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/how-sci-fi-shaped-socialism/
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What is DSA's problem with #Trump #impeachment? Head on over to my #YouTube channel Unabashed #Utopian and check out my #video about the up and coming political organization #fascism #politics #DSA #Mamdani #NYC #NewYorkCity #socialism #Brooklyn #Queens
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What is DSA's problem with #Trump #impeachment? Head on over to my #YouTube channel Unabashed #Utopian and check out my #video about the up and coming political organization #fascism #politics #DSA #Mamdani #NYC #NewYorkCity #socialism #Brooklyn #Queens
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Just released new #YouTube #video on my channel Unabashed #Utopian dealing with #ZohranMamdani - #AOC home district of #Astoria: a model #NYC neighborhood for #multicultural co-existence and #progressive #politics? #queens #NewYork #trump #socialism #ICE
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Just released new #YouTube #video on my channel Unabashed #Utopian dealing with #ZohranMamdani - #AOC home district of #Astoria: a model #NYC neighborhood for #multicultural co-existence and #progressive #politics? #queens #NewYork #trump #socialism #ICE
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@Bad @ChrisMayLA6 #Economic #violence is hardly a new #phenomenon, though, is it? It has been with us for a very long time. There are those who argue that #Palaeolithic & #Mesolithic #societies were #egalitarian & #pacific - practically #Utopian, indeed (I very much doubt the truth of this thesis) - but #humans have definitely organised themselves in increasingly #hierarchic & #inegalitarian societies from the #Neolithic onwards.
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@Bad @ChrisMayLA6 #Economic #violence is hardly a new #phenomenon, though, is it? It has been with us for a very long time. There are those who argue that #Palaeolithic & #Mesolithic #societies were #egalitarian & #pacific - practically #Utopian, indeed (I very much doubt the truth of this thesis) - but #humans have definitely organised themselves in increasingly #hierarchic & #inegalitarian societies from the #Neolithic onwards.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/world-inequality-lab-equality-academics-planetary-survival. A #utopian #fantasy, delivered by Ivory Tower left-wing #academics, like Thomas #Piketty, who don't realise there is no saving our so-called #civilisation from the #revenge of #Gaia, or the remorseless #logic of #social #entropy. They will still be saying all can saved, even as the grand edifice of #global #technological #capitalism crashes down around their ears - but see: https://globaljusticeproject.wid.world/. For my response, see: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/gavz7_v1.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/world-inequality-lab-equality-academics-planetary-survival. A #utopian #fantasy, delivered by Ivory Tower left-wing #academics, like Thomas #Piketty, who don't realise there is no saving our so-called #civilisation from the #revenge of #Gaia, or the remorseless #logic of #social #entropy. They will still be saying all can saved, even as the grand edifice of #global #technological #capitalism crashes down around their ears - but see: https://globaljusticeproject.wid.world/. For my response, see: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/gavz7_v1.
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From #NewYork #multicultural neighborhoods to #radical #politics and #environmentalism, check out my #YouTube channel Unabashed #Utopian here https://www.youtube.com/@NikolasKozloff-q7f #utopia #donaldtrump #climate #climatechange #impeachment #cars #suvs #food #culture #queens #flushing #chinatown #religion #protests #nokings #phagwah #guyana #bolivia #suriname #quakers
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From #NewYork #multicultural neighborhoods to #radical #politics and #environmentalism, check out my #YouTube channel Unabashed #Utopian here https://www.youtube.com/@NikolasKozloff-q7f #utopia #donaldtrump #climate #climatechange #impeachment #cars #suvs #food #culture #queens #flushing #chinatown #religion #protests #nokings #phagwah #guyana #bolivia #suriname #quakers
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“What I like about Ballard’s work is how he turns this #apocalyptic vision into something life affirming. Whatever catastrophes happen in history, human life re-emerges and other types of civilisation arise. That is also my belief.” #JGBallard #books #utopian fivebooks.com/best-books/j...
Critiques of Utopia and Apocal... -
“What I like about Ballard’s work is how he turns this #apocalyptic vision into something life affirming. Whatever catastrophes happen in history, human life re-emerges and other types of civilisation arise. That is also my belief.” #JGBallard #books #utopian fivebooks.com/best-books/j...
Critiques of Utopia and Apocal... -
Poster 3 of [who knows how many] has been finished. I was going for a "tacky and well-dated yet kinda cool-looking poster you'd see on a library wall during the 90's" vibe. Enjoy.
#Utopian #Scholastic #retro #CGI #poster #Krita #reading #books #surreal #surrealism #Mobiusstrip #readingisfun #clouds #ocean
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Poster 3 of [who knows how many] has been finished. I was going for a "tacky and well-dated yet kinda cool-looking poster you'd see on a library wall during the 90's" vibe. Enjoy.
#Utopian #Scholastic #retro #CGI #poster #Krita #reading #books #surreal #surrealism #Mobiusstrip #readingisfun #clouds #ocean
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Biding my time, scheming & planning...until I can build a #solarpunk #permaculture #foodforest #utopian #art #park in the #Canadian #wilderness.
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(is) – Wander Lines
#Experimental #FernandDeligny #Hypnowave #fm #frequencymodulation #utopian #NewYork
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
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(is) – Wander Lines
#Experimental #FernandDeligny #Hypnowave #fm #frequencymodulation #utopian #NewYork
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
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I want to read #utopian #solarpunk novels about societies that rever and honor all #gender-non-conforming experiences (especially non-binary, non-cis, #transgender experiences) because of the scientific breakthroughs and cultural insights such individuals unlock for society at large.
Also I'd like to live in these societies in real life.
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I want to read #utopian #solarpunk novels about societies that rever and honor all #gender-non-conforming experiences (especially non-binary, non-cis, #transgender experiences) because of the scientific breakthroughs and cultural insights such individuals unlock for society at large.
Also I'd like to live in these societies in real life.
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#solarpunk, to me, means exploring stories that are BOTH realistic and optimistic about the future. I am not so sure about them being #utopian per se. I would describe them as NOT #dystopian
#bookstodon #amwriting #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #ScribesAndMakers #PennedPossibilities #author #novel #speculativefiction #sciencefiction
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#solarpunk, to me, means exploring stories that are BOTH realistic and optimistic about the future. I am not so sure about them being #utopian per se. I would describe them as NOT #dystopian
#bookstodon #amwriting #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #ScribesAndMakers #PennedPossibilities #author #novel #speculativefiction #sciencefiction
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"When a measure becomes a target it ceases to be a good measure"—Goodhart's Law. One of our favourite posts is now a podcast episode podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/n... #MentalModels #LifeHacks #Utopian #Moths #LehmanBrothers #Engagement #Ratings #Profits #GDP
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CDS General Anil Chauhan highlights the importance of military strength for maintaining peace, stating, `peace without power is utopian.` https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/cds-chauhan-peace-through-strength-nf6u02uq?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Peace #War #Utopian #AnilChauhan #india
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While it is frustrating to me, that the TV shows I love are either not made at all (Hyperion Cantos Trilogy (Simmons), The Fifth Sacred Thing (Starhawk), The Left Hand of Darkness (Le Guin), Parable Trilogy (Butler)) or discontinued (The OA, Sense8, 1899), it is always a great comfort to know that these characters and stories do exist and might inspire others.
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While it is frustrating to me, that the TV shows I love are either not made at all (Hyperion Cantos Trilogy (Simmons), The Fifth Sacred Thing (Starhawk), The Left Hand of Darkness (Le Guin), Parable Trilogy (Butler)) or discontinued (The OA, Sense8, 1899), it is always a great comfort to know that these characters and stories do exist and might inspire others.
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#solarpunk is not #utopian . Neither is #communism . It will be messy and people will want different things politically . Its possible but we have to get enough people on board to make it happen. The transition to a solarpunk world will likely be bloody and violent.
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#solarpunk is not #utopian . Neither is #communism . It will be messy and people will want different things politically . Its possible but we have to get enough people on board to make it happen. The transition to a solarpunk world will likely be bloody and violent.
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Unlike many of the #comparable #books listed above, "A New Faith" is NOT #dystopian It is not #utopian either. It is somewhere in the middle. The #climate #catastrophe of #heatwave happens in background (unlike some of the novels below). The story is about what happens after mass #migration happens.
#solarpunk #hopepunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #bookstodon #books #adaptation #justice #humanrights #climateaction #climatecrisis #amwriting
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Unlike many of the #comparable #books listed above, "A New Faith" is NOT #dystopian It is not #utopian either. It is somewhere in the middle. The #climate #catastrophe of #heatwave happens in background (unlike some of the novels below). The story is about what happens after mass #migration happens.
#solarpunk #hopepunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #bookstodon #books #adaptation #justice #humanrights #climateaction #climatecrisis #amwriting
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The #BradburyBuilding Featured in ‘#BladeRunner’ Was Inspired by a 19th Century #Utopian #Novel
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bradbudy-building-inspired-by-utopian-fiction
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The #BradburyBuilding Featured in ‘#BladeRunner’ Was Inspired by a 19th Century #Utopian #Novel
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bradbudy-building-inspired-by-utopian-fiction
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So how *do* we create a society and world "economy" that doesn't depend on the accumulation of wealth or perhaps doesn't have money at all?
#utopian #noReally #endCapitalism #ClimateEmergency #wealthinequality #society #world
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So how *do* we create a society and world "economy" that doesn't depend on the accumulation of wealth or perhaps doesn't have money at all?
#utopian #noReally #endCapitalism #ClimateEmergency #wealthinequality #society #world
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Rage of the #Oligarchs - #NaomiKlein: ‘What They Want Is Absolutely Everything’
The all-star academic and Shock Doctrine author breaks down the dark logic of Trump and Musk’s path of destruction — and what the world’s richest people really want
May 4, 2025
Excerpt: [Klein] "But now, #capitalism has entered a radical and #apocalyptic phase. There is no #utopian vision in any of this. Instead, there’s a final battle. And this is where it gets really dark. The people who are advancing this agenda are also building their #LuxuryBunkers and their #spaceships to #Mars. They don’t believe that there is a future. These people believe history is ending, literally. It’s end times! Get onto your rocket ship, or get into your golden city in the sky. And that is distinct."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/BPCNe#Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism #EndTimesFascism #LoveMotherEarth #CapitalismKills #EndStageCapitalism #ChristoFascism #FarRight #Fascism #WorldPol #USPol #EndTimesFascism #Zionists #Fascists #BelieveInTheFuture
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Rage of the #Oligarchs - #NaomiKlein: ‘What They Want Is Absolutely Everything’
The all-star academic and Shock Doctrine author breaks down the dark logic of Trump and Musk’s path of destruction — and what the world’s richest people really want
May 4, 2025
Excerpt: [Klein] "But now, #capitalism has entered a radical and #apocalyptic phase. There is no #utopian vision in any of this. Instead, there’s a final battle. And this is where it gets really dark. The people who are advancing this agenda are also building their #LuxuryBunkers and their #spaceships to #Mars. They don’t believe that there is a future. These people believe history is ending, literally. It’s end times! Get onto your rocket ship, or get into your golden city in the sky. And that is distinct."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/BPCNe#Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism #EndTimesFascism #LoveMotherEarth #CapitalismKills #EndStageCapitalism #ChristoFascism #FarRight #Fascism #WorldPol #USPol #EndTimesFascism #Zionists #Fascists #BelieveInTheFuture
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I'm not that optimistic about #TheOrb as; Should we really let the person with #OpenAI to be the authority over identities? What if he just gives an AI a record? How can we tell? More #dystopian than #utopian it is.
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@flesh_and_wires Shameless #utopian selfplug:
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@flesh_and_wires Shameless #utopian selfplug:
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I read #BeckyChambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built while I was ill, earlier this week, and it was the perfect comfort-read.
#Utopian without being boring; rich and deep without being slow; #sciFi while still being relatable. #Queer as you like. Win, win, win.
That's my teeny-tiny #review, but if you'd like one that's only slightly longer, catch me at:
1. https://danq.me/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built-by-becky-chambers (plus #podcast variant)
2. gemini://danq.me/posts/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built-by-becky-chambers
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I read #BeckyChambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built while I was ill, earlier this week, and it was the perfect comfort-read.
#Utopian without being boring; rich and deep without being slow; #sciFi while still being relatable. #Queer as you like. Win, win, win.
That's my teeny-tiny #review, but if you'd like one that's only slightly longer, catch me at:
1. https://danq.me/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built-by-becky-chambers (plus #podcast variant)
2. gemini://danq.me/posts/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built-by-becky-chambers
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[Book reviews] #Solarpunk, #utopian and #AntiCapitalist fiction for imagining brighter futures
Novels with political under- and over-tones that have captivated me recently
by Katy Nightingale, Nov 28, 2024
"All of the books I’m including here are unique in their styles - some encompassing all of these visionary genres, and some just a few of them. Here’s a little glossary I came up with:
- futurist 🔮 - taking place in the future
- utopian 🌈 - taking place in an idealistic society where everything is designed to be harmonious, just, and fulfilling for all people
- solarpunk ☀️ - a sub-genre of utopian literature, solarpunk fiction takes place in a sustainable, eco-friendly future where humanity lives harmoniously with nature, often featuring renewable energy, green cities, and with a focus on social equity
- anti-capitalist 🌹 - the characters and plot tell a story that illustrates the pitfalls of capitalism and shows resistance and possible alternatives"
Read more:
https://wanderingk.substack.com/p/solarpunk-utopian-and-anti-capitalist#PostCapitalism #Degrowth #Novels #SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunkFiction #Books #Reading
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Today, I soft launch my debut fiction novel, a post-post-apocalyptic thriller love story.
Now, only eBooks are available, and I have a wide variety of places to buy, including direct from me, popular stores, and by signing up to one of my membership programs.
Lots more to come, but let's get this started 🥳
https://chrischinchilla.com/books/the-dead-among-us/
#fiction #romantasy #utopian #dystopian #speculativefiction #books
