• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    Well, solar panels are the (a) means of energy production, so in that sense I don’t see where any communist theorists would disagree. But please draw me the line from everyone having solar panels to “revolution” without any other Marxist theory.

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      1. the people set up local solar collection grids
      2. the state gets mad as the state ultimately represents the interests of the petrochemical industry (the state is almost universally a petrostate)
      3. the state implements a system of taxes and subsidies to reduce the economic efficacy of solar panels
      4. when enough people maintain their solar panels, the state resorts to its usual mechanism for enforcement: violence
      5. the people, confronted with the violence of the state must either submit to the power of the state or respond to the violence of the state with violence of their own

      idk if i succeeded or failed

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        I’m not sure what to make of your assertion of the state as universally a petrostate. And you haven’t touched on the means of solar panel production, let alone any other necessities or commodities (just a mention of maintenance).