Greta Thunberg: Enviromental Activist or Forced Puppet?

[Salandriagado]

If we wanted to "limit responsibility", we wouldn't care about climate change - it is a responsibility to mitigate the severity of climate change for the sake of all people. Someone who doesn't believe in responsibility would be apathetic to carbon emissions and pollution.

As for "human freedom", lots of people are going to lose that freedom over the next few centuries because they'll be dead from severe hurricanes, wildfires, drought and all the wars that are going to be fought over water. You can't be free if you're dead.

None of these things you list are worse than the consequences of ceasing to use fossil fuels.

This is an absolute lie.

[Salandriagado]

First I believe that climate change should be addressed.
But that must be advocated by reasonable person with reasonable ideas. Or any ideas at all.
As of Greata, only possible employment she can have is board member of some fund, that is (most likely) directly or indirectly (tax refunds to donors) funded by taxpayers.
It is as opposed to doing any usefull job in said fund, because you need education for that. Or doing any usefull manual job, because nobody gona employ housekeeper or shop assistant, that randomly yells at other people (as she did in UN).
So Greatas message to young people actually is: To succeed in life you don’t need education, hard work or even having rudimentary social skills, such as politeness. Quit school, travel in style around, don't work and simply yell at everyone you don’t like. You will be instant press darling and rolemodel. And yes state (other people) will provide for you, because you both are unemployed and disadvantaged.

Oh look, more lies.

[Salandriagado]

She does not need to employed now. But she can't have any (socialy usefull) employment in future either. Except, of course, beeing a board member in government funded (either directly, international or through tax refunds) institution or via inheriting a wealth.
She will have no education for any job that requires any amount of skill. An no character for any manual job. Dropping from school at age 14 or earlier generally is not associated with useful skills. And a board member she will not be usefull either, she will just take place and pay of some other person, that could actually do something.

By the way, as school dropout she would (socialy) be expected to be employed in less than two years in future (as she will be 18). My bet: she still be traveling..

She hasn't dropped out of anything.

[BeatsMe]

Where exactly is lies?

By the way just listened to her speech at TedEx (just google). Before talking about her message just first listen carefully what she is actually saying (in tedex she is still using the word me. In UN speech she has already replaced “me” with “we, us” ).

She is upset at everybody because we are taking HER future away. Because she is afraid that by time SHE is middle aged, environment catastrophe will happen. She is afraid SHE will be
forced to live with consequences. (these are all citations)

And I am ready to bet (100:1) that this is NOT a figurative speech or allegory. That is what really she thinks and actually why she is yelling. She thinks you are taking HER PERSONAL future away. She literary thinks that others are not “mature enough”…

[Gormwood]

This desperate need to discredit Greta Thunberg amuses me.

[Repubblica Fascista Sociale Italiana]

“You have destroyed my childhood!”

She says as she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a private yacht giving a speech to the most powerful people in the world

[Ifreann]

“You have destroyed my childhood!”

She says as she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a private yacht giving a speech to the most powerful people in the world

That's what you think a normal childhood is?

[Gagium]

“You have destroyed my childhood!”

She says as she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a private yacht giving a speech to the most powerful people in the world

That's what you think a normal childhood is?

It’s certainly not a destroyed one

[Farnhamia]

It is sad that the symbol for environment is mentally challenged girl, that:
1. has not earned a dime in her life
2. spends large amount of money to travel for weaks on the nice boat or travels on 1st class trains with supporters (compared to cheap flights), and lives in nice hotels.
3. generally only thing she does is travel around. She does not attend the school.
4. by the way she is 16 years old, - she neither looks nor acts as such.
5. and all her message is:- YOU all must spend more of your money on environment, and no, me personaly NEVER ever gona earn any or pay any taxes. I plan for state, charities and not taxable environment funds to provide for me all my life.

Even in rich countries most people can afford the lifestyle this girl lives. Not to mention poorer countries.

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