It’s a movement insofar as it’s an aesthetic that people want to see around them, but have no ideological understanding of how to get there or if that’s even something people should strive for in general.

What other people have said.

What happens when your “movement” is an aesthetic with zero theoretical grounding?
It gets co-opted and commodified to be used for the consolation of the oppressed classes with the intent of duping them while robbing the movement of its revolutionary edge by vulgarising it.

Now, if only someone had written about this exact phenomenon in theory a century ago so that we would be aware of this and we’d be able to take steps to outflank it.

it’s an online utopian fandom. anarchism without the an, the arch, or the ism.

It’s a vibes based “movement” the point is the put a lot of pretty aesthetic into the world and thus manifest it as a future.

it’s emotional and social gooning, an anti-agitprop that instead of edging you toward revolution, functions as an outlet and masturbatory hope. the emotional equivalent of reaching right for the prostate stimulator. idk maybe

rubbing yrself raw to the prospect of a rooftop garden

Yeah I was VERY confused why “gooner” is there I swear to god its just the ultimate buzzword right now.

either solarpunk came from something awful or thr word is “nostalgia gooner” and means someone who jerks off over nostalgia?

I don’t think gooner is the right thing for basically any situation