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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Last Generation Austria (Letzte Generation Österreich) disbanded recently, because they can't handle legal fees anymore. Others are on the same path.

While protesters for other causes face no consequences, climate protesters get arrested regularly.

For example farmers in Germany protested that they don't get subsidies anymore for using diesel engines, blocked and hindered main streets, people and buisnesses. Held a ferry full of people hostage because a politican with his family was on board, with no real negative or legal consequences.

German government caved to the farmers, while at the same time charging climate activists en mass for blocking highways and such.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

It is not just climate protesters getting the brunt. Anyone protesting for human rights, anti discrimination, anti fascism or any progressive cause will get various levels of supression, if not just straight up police violence.

Meanwhile literal Nazis are treated fairly nicely and during Covid the police was beating up permitted protests to make way for non permitted Nazi/Esoteric/Conspiracy protests.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

TBF, there are some farmers being charged. But yes, it's definitely not to the same extent as climate protesters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

the farmers are rich land owners though