How individuals navigate between technocratic control and regenerative communities
Gig work, surveillance jobs, or prison time after activism
Minimal engagement, cash-only, no digital trace
Housing, food, healthcare, belonging, recovery
Strong enough to resist again or support others
The Solarpunk community acts as a base of operations — providing the material and emotional infrastructure that makes resistance possible. Without the community safety net, individuals are fully captured by the technocratic system. With it, they can engage strategically, minimally, and maintain autonomy. This is dual power in practice: building the new world while surviving the old one.