Awhile back on Bluesky there was discourse when someone made the (verifiably false) claim "cyberpunk" was coined before "punk" was redefined from "criminal"/"delinquent" to "cool"/"artistic".
I am still thinking about how this claim, if true, would change the word "Solarpunk". What does it mean to be a solar-powered criminal. Not an ecoterrorist but a small-time hood. Do you steal batteries from Flock cameras to power mesh networking? Layer solar panels atop other solar panels to steal sunight?
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