The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg

9 months ago by davel [he/him] to c/worldnews

The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gaza’s territorial waters on Friday.
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ShinkanTrain 183 points 9 months ago

They abandoned her around the time her environmental protests started being a little too effective. I mean disruptive.

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PixelatedSaturn -25 points 9 months ago

Effective? Come on.

I mean she's great, gave a voice to what a lot of people have been thinking for decades before she was born. Maybe what most people think today. But there is really nothing that's effective. It's not dissing her, it's just that the machine is too strong and it's able to even use the opposition to itself for the machines purpose, like the article says.Usually. It didn't work with Greta, so she's just ignored.

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chobeat 35 points 9 months ago

Everything made by humans can be destroyed by humans. No social system is forever. The rest is just skill issue.

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PixelatedSaturn -26 points 9 months ago

Sure. Skill issue. Says the skilled warrior changing the world.

Sure. Whatever you say.

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chobeat 25 points 9 months ago

I actually teach how to plan, execute, and assess political and social impact, beyond practicing it in my orgs. Are you aware there are plenty of disciplines working exactly on this? Your rethoric is just a way to justify your inaction. If nothing can change, it means you're exempted from your responsibilities. Too easy.

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RenLinwood 2 points 8 months ago

You sound bitter and apathetic

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