Greta Thunberg detained at The Hague climate demonstration(www.theguardian.com)

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glitchdx@lemmy.world

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6 months ago

Regardless of your opinions about her specifically, it’s a simple fact that positive societal change doesn’t happen by asking nicely. Look at every civil rights movement ever. Nothing got done until people were inconvenienced and companies lost money.

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arc@lemm.ee

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6 months ago

I think climate activists would just be better off doing what everyone else does - lobbying. Identify politicians who represent areas who would benefit from pollution controls, or green investment or whatever and push the message. Performative acts in front of cameras might feel good but it’s a blunt tool to change policy. Some protestors such as “just stop oil” campaigners are so stupid that they actually help the causes they supposedly oppose.

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Linkerbaan@lemmy.world

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6 months ago

Yeah but here’s the problem

They don’t own massive fossil fuel companies that make them trillions of dollars

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Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip

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6 months ago

No offense. Just a genuine question. Where do activists like Greta get income or the money to travel or just for day to day living? Especially considering she has been doing this since a young age.

Pls don’t take my comment as in a bad light. I’m the same age as her so I always wondered. The answer could be NGO’s collecting donations but I’m not sure.

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Hubi@feddit.de

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6 months ago

Organizations like Fridays for Future are funded by donations and part of the money goes towards protests and publicity. I assume they allocate some money to have these prominent people present.

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Linkerbaan@lemmy.world

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6 months ago

There’s a few large orgs like Extinction Rebellion that are really organised. Greta probably takes the train which isn’t that expensive in Europe and then couch surfs because that’s what being a hippie is all about

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computerscientistI@lemm.ee

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6 months ago

I always ridiculed her, although secretly I admired her determination and also agreed with her aims.

Then she started her pro-Gaza ramblings. She clearly has no idea about history of the middle east and also can’t classifiy current events. To noone’s surprise as she has hardly visited school. She’s also 20 now, so a full adult, she does not have this young-innocent-girl Jeanne d’Arc bonus anymore.

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Killing_Spark@feddit.de

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6 months ago

To noone’s surprise as she has hardly visited school

What?

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