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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Yeah but here's the problem

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 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