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Just Stop Oil protesters smash glass on painting at UK National Gallery
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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We need to be nuisances or else we will be ignored. Being disruptive is the best tool we have to pressure the government and the rich into helping to fight climate change.
Being disruptive is the best way to get them to crack down on you. Why would they decide to fight climate change because of disruptions like this?
This isn’t trying to get people to join the cause, it’s a show of force. This is what we’re capable of, and we’re not backing down until we get what we want.
Anyone is capable of sneaking a hammer into an art gallery, if that's what they're capable of, the people in power have nothing to fear.
If you start getting into higher capability demonstrations, you very quickly get into terrorism territory.
… By destroying art?
Let’s consider the fact that around 40-50% of carbon emissions are coming from the top 10% of rich people. How the fuck is destroying pieces of art actually related to that fact in any shape or form? The message is known, but like the other poster said, a good chunk of people don’t even believe it, and that rich 10% don’t even give a fuck because they got money.
They didn't destroy the art though.
Do you think the public owns that painting?
Do you think the rich own that painting? The museum owns that painting. They literally had it for years in their own collection.
Who owns the museum?
The British government. Specifically their Department of Culture, Media, and Sport.
How about actually trying to say something instead of asking questions in an attempt to sound smart like an epic le Redditor?
British Government Signals Support for Oil and Gas Industry
Damn dude, you did it. You answered my question. Now only if you didn’t keep asking questions and just put that link in the first place :)
Btw might want to change it if you want people to read the article, apparently it’s paywalled.