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So, why don't Solarpunk advocates just move to China? Seems like an ideal place with less and less capitalism over the last few years, 90% of the world's solar panel production, lots of futuristic skyscrapers.

I mean seriously. Just do it. China. Great place. Leave the grubby capitalists to fight over Europe and the USA. It sucks here right anyway?

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China may seem like another planet, but it’s actually part of Earth.

When the question is “How do we fix this global environmental issue?” (which is part of solarpunk even if not all of it), you literally cannot just move county.

The "solarpunk" ideology seems to include things like decentralization, local governance, and anti-authoritarianism. In this respect, China seems like an ill fit.

Decentralization and local governance aren't foreign things for China. It has a remarkable amount of authority on a local level (at least provincial). You can also google ratings based on share of subnational public expenditure in total public expenditure, China is the top.

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