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Are they suggesting authoritarian communism or some sort of sci-fi anarchist communism? (which would be pretty pro-individual-liberty).

Open borders seem pretty pro-liberty as well. What’s more authoritarian than a government telling you there’s a magic invisible line on the ground and if you cross it, that’s crime?

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Solarpunk is firmly rooted in the anti-authoritarian camp. It's fundamentally inspired by Murray Bookchin's books on ecological anarchism.

It's not magic and it's not invisible. And if it's a government for the people, then it's the people that are being authoritarian. Maybe a high-liberties society can only prosper if it protects itself from the outside.

The birds don't seem much to care about our magic invisible lines...

Sorry, bud, it's just monkey stuff.

Are you saying that borders shouldn’t exist because they’re man made?

Borders are a thing, and birds do care when someone invades their nest.

What is not natural is nations.

Nations are a social phenomenon and only sometimes line up with borders. States are what define borders (in fact it's part of the definition of a state).

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