I always saw the rhetoric as disrespect and irreverence for Thatcherite wankery, rather than nihilism. All the punks I know care about people, which is why they are so angry with the anti-people forces of corruption and corporatism.

Anarchy, which has been inextricable from the punk movement since the start, isn’t nihilism. it requires a belief in people’s capacity to self-organise, to help each other, and to resist the jackbooted thugs trying to stamp on your face by kicking them in the bollocks first.

Solarpunk grew out of that movement as a way to become decoupled from the grid, and free oneself from polluting industries altogether. Don’t fight to become the overlord, like democrats. Reject the overlord, deny their power, and live your life without their strings.

Capital is a crime. Don’t be an accessory.