HardlightCereal

We live in an age of technological wonder and plenty. One person can today do the work of hundreds in the past, when it comes to agriculture and food production. Despite this, the number of people who genuinely want to perform labour far exceeds that needed to sustain our society at its current level of plenty.

The human species has evolved to live and thrive, and it is through the labour of producing food, shelter, and family that human beings live. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that such an organism would have evolved to take great personal pleasure in useful labour. And that is exactly what we see. Put a human being in a useful job, and so long as they can live comfortable and take some ownership of their labour value, they are immensely happy. Put a human being in a useless job, and they are miserable. Under current capitalist conditions it is estimated that 50% of people currently work jobs that provide no benefit to society. And yet our species is still alive.

If we were to eliminate capitalism and focus our labour on solely useful pursuits, such as production, education, love, support, logistics, and planning, then we would have far more than we have today. And if we were to do such a thing there would be no requirement that everybody work, just as there is no requirement at our current level of production.

The human race can easily, EASILY survive on the labour of just those who wish to work of their own free will. Of those who would get bored sitting around all day. So as to those who actually want to sit around all day - why not let them?

To force someone to work is slavery. That is the very definition at its most fundamental. And I for one do not wish to live in a society founded upon mass slavery. Especially not when we have the means to do otherwise.

End compulsory work.

We live in an age of technological wonder and plenty. One person can today do the work of hundreds in the past, when it comes to agriculture and food production. Despite this, the number of people who genuinely want to perform labour far exceeds that needed to sustain our society at its current level of plenty.

The human species has evolved to live and thrive, and it is through the labour of producing food, shelter, and family that human beings live. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that such an organism would have evolved to take great personal pleasure in useful labour. And that is exactly what we see. Put a human being in a useful job, and so long as they can live comfortable and take some ownership of their labour value, they are immensely happy. Put a human being in a useless job, and they are miserable. Under current capitalist conditions it is estimated that 50% of people currently work jobs that provide no benefit to society. And yet our species is still alive.

If we were to eliminate capitalism and focus our labour on solely useful pursuits, such as production, education, love, support, logistics, and planning, then we would have far more than we have today. And if we were to do such a thing there would be no requirement that everybody work, just as there is no requirement at our current level of production.

The human race can easily, EASILY survive on the labour of just those who wish to work of their own free will. Of those who would get bored sitting around all day. So as to those who actually want to sit around all day - why not let them?

To force someone to work is slavery. That is the very definition at its most fundamental. And I for one do not wish to live in a society founded upon mass slavery. Especially not when we have the means to do otherwise.

End compulsory work.

I wake up and get dressed in one of the three outfits I own, which is locally crafted with enough quality to last a decade, and only washed when it needs to be
I have a breakfast of fruit from the trees outside and locally made bread
I pull out my phone, which is the only one I've ever owned and will last my whole life, and talk to my friends over a messaging app that works over a distributed network owned by the whole community
There's an alert that the hydro generator at the creek is broken, so I 3D print a part from open designs and go replace it. The old part is put in my plastic-composting bin, which uses genetically engineered bacteria to break down plastic
I hop on my bicycle and ride to the local train station. The tracks have moss between them and trees overhead. The trains are powered by a renewable power grid
I don't lock up my bike at the rack, because everyone already has a bicycle and there's no point in stealing them, they're free
So is the train
The city is dense, to reduce its land footprint, and made from sustainable materials. Housing is free
There are no cars, and the trees grow everywhere with sound dampening leaves, so it's pleasantly quiet
I have some tea at a restaurant, because coffee beans can't be grown locally. It's free
I breathe in clean air, and thank my pagan gods that I live in a sensible society

/c/twochromosomes explains its name with the following:

The name XX was chosen just because it illustrates the essence of this subreddit and its target Redditors–girly and geeky, and subtly awesome.

Connecting girliness with a genotype and bragging about being cisgender is not my idea of what the solarpunk movement stands for. This is gender essentialism and subtle transphobia. And the beginning of the community and of SLRPNK is the perfect time to be getting rid of transphobic names.

Admins, if you are reading this, please remove this transphobic community.

Everyone else, do you know how I can get in touch with the SLRPNK admins?

Man vegans are so annoying. Every time I take my vegan friend to Jack's Slaughter, Gravy, and Steak house, it's all "I don't want to watch the cows die and then pay to eat their corpses". Fucking baby. Grow up and pay for the Meat Juice Slathered Cheesy Fries, and wipe the gravy off with a napkin. Then they'll be 100% vegan exactly like the menu says. God, don't make being vegan everyone else's problem! Grownup meat eaters like me never make our dietary choices another living creature's problem