Hey r/futurology,

I’m Stephen Winchester, founder of Badlands Folk—a living experiment in what happens when you combine:

Myth-based community building

Regenerative architecture using waste

Magnetic flywheel energy tech

Compostable bioplastics + local material sourcing

And a cultural backbone of music, story, and shared ritual

This is not sci-fi. I’m building it. Now. And I’m funding it through direct community support, belief-based economics, and public progress logs.

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The Vision:

We build homes from the ruins, create power without extraction, and restore meaning through music and myth. It’s solarpunk with rust, grit, and poetry. It’s a future we co-author. Not as consumers. But as founders of the next civilization.

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Where We Are:

Off-grid power prototype (silent flywheel gen)

Micro-shelter built from reclaimed materials

Bioplastic experiments using mushrooms + shells

Clothing line coded with meaning

Phase Zero funding at 10% of target

Supporters joining through belief, not contracts

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If you’re building the future too—connect with me. If this resonates, support. If you think it’s crazy, even better.

We’re not waiting for permission anymore.

PhaseZero

BadlandsFolk

MythcoreInfrastructure

TheyBuildAnyway