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The Swedish climate campaigner was with other activists at a protest outside a central London hotel.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It could also be the case that having a high profile individual at your protest makes that protest larger and gains attention or would not have otherwise had.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suppose that's the idea, idk. It seems weird to me because it's not some random person in Sweden's problem, it's everyone's problem and it should be treated as such

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

Greta is just the new David Suzuki. I hope she does better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's better than just lobbing orange paint around, or blocking a major motorway.

At this point I suspect the public are sick of the "world is dying" message. Most people are struggling to get through life, without being told every day that they're killing the planet. Most people can't just magic £30k out of their arse to buy an electric car or heatpump.

Unless you're willing to physically harm the handful of people that can actually change anything (and I'm certainly not), there just isn't a lot that a normal person can do about any of it.