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[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At bare minimum its to show that there are still groups willing to oppose mass polluters in the hopes that at some point someone with power will make the right call and save the planet.

Is it naive? Quite a bit, but sad complacency isn’t helping much either. As many of these groups are quite young many including Greta may also go into actual politics later in life, then these past incidents serve as proof of authenticity, similar to the pic of Bernie Sanders getting carried away.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 17 points 1 year ago

Think it was very brave of her to stand up and say that, to say she wants the right to life, to not be forced to inherit a dead planet, and that's a very bold and self aware statement for a teenager to make. It's one that obviously made a lot of people uncomfortable because it shoves what we've all been complacent in in our faces. To have a child tell us to our faces that we're all responsible for killing the planet (and especially those in charge) and that it's their lives we've ruined - well that takes a lot of guts. (and it needs to be said)

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