A Caring Society - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 22

A Caring Society - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 22

In this essay, I discuss the necessity of a caring society in the development of people capable of autonomous rationality and of pursuing justice. We take these capabilities for granted and then wonder why we're surrounded by people wholly incapable of what seems to us to be basic decency. What if we actually have to be educated to be able to be more ethical? If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]

Xenophilic Cultures of Trust and Care - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 21

In this essay, I discuss the Greek form of love known as "xenia", or the love of foreigners and guests. The more diverse a population becomes, the greater the demands for xenia in order to have enough coherence despite that plurality. With the internet, we have even greater blending of people that crosses the boundaries of any nation or culture, but also even less in-person contact with the people who we vote with. If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]

Placental Nihilism and Oily Bubbles - Reflections on Peter Sloterdijk's "Bubbles"

In this essay, I discuss Peter Sloterdijk's philosophical work, "Bubbles". A bubble is the relational space that includes two people. In the past, people have created bubbles that were rich with meaning, but such bubbles have become nihilistic spaces under capitalism. How might we re-enchant our bubbles and reinspire post-capitalist meaning? If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]

Social Status and Creepy Men - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 20

In this essay, I discuss how creepy men are often simply low status in an unjust hierarchy. Importantly then, high status men can often be far more deserving of the label "creepy", yet their unethical behaviour is ignored by people who crave their social status. When low status men are attractive, they become vehicles for the perpetuation of the unjust hierarchy that sets the terms of what's socially acceptably "attractive". If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]

Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates - Solarpunk Reflections

In this essay I discuss Laura Bates book "Men Who Hate Women" and discuss the problem of speaking up, whether that means against or for a certain group or individual. When we fail to speak, we are held accountable when we live in the world our inaction allowed. Yet, speaking must be both against something and FOR something. If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]