Hey guys I'm making a science fiction fantasy comic and I got a civilization based on solar punk ideology (a whole state) I already got some idea but I'm not sure how to make this work so I ask you all
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Also sorry for my English
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Wild idea; anarcho communist government run but a super powerful AI. The main problem, as I see it, with communist states of the past is their hyper fixation on authoritarian leaders and their belief that humans can run a command economy despite scarcity. However, if an ai is smart enough to measure consumer demand and run automated supply chains for necessary goods and services (food, water, electricity, etc) then there is basically no strain on individuals and low risk of an egotistical, paranoid autocrat losing their mind and murdering millions. However there would be a risk of the computer making mistakes which could be an interesting story device
So...the Culture but Solarpunk.
The Culture isn't Solarpunk?
You could make the case that they are advanced Solarpunk with how they utilize solar energy I suppose.
I think the motif of Solarpunk is more "environmentally friendly anarchist post-scarcity" than worrying specifically about what power source is used.
Heh, yeah post-scarcity in the sense that we understand the things that matter are not scarce, and rarely have been. We can be solarpunk whether or not technology delivers magically-impact-free energy sources.
Of course - I imagine even 3,000 years from now someone asking for a private dyson sphere is going to be seriously side-eyed.
(I hope to be that person)
Heh, especially if the galaxy is a dark forest. I mean, if dyson spheres were common in the Milky Way we probably would have detected one by now.
I stand intrigued. Most likely they will be explained away one by one, but who knows? If we do find things that by all tests we can think of still seem artificial (Dyson sphere, Dyson swarm, atmosphere with strong signs of life & industry, etc.), then we can watch it for a few million years and see if it gets snuffed out - thus testing the dark forest theory.
(Or more likely, some random person with a radio telescope will send a message and we'll find something out much sooner.)