What if Greta Thunberg woke up to her perfect world?

originally posted by: BrucellaOrchitis

originally posted by: TheSkepticGuy23
I saw this heavily sarcastic, absolutely poignant, thought-provoking post on LinkedIn today, and had to share here. (The author is an automotive technology professional who encouraged anyone to share if they wanted to.)

Not used to having your thoughts provoked usually then? Is this really what not-very-aware-of-the-world-beyond-their-own-doorstep types of people consider satire? I'd say you disappoint me SO but it's really just par for the course. You hope people will blossom and bloom with age, but sometimes they just get older and more bitter that the world is changing around them.

Luckily we have a bright little spark, full of life, vigour and intelligence like Greta and millions of her peers who are leading instead by example because they understand that the key to their future is managing the earth's resources sustainably.

A "perfect world" is not a world without, it's a world where some take less or only what they need and use it like it is the precious commodity that it is. But fine, you stay in your box until you're buried in it.

originally posted by: Waterglass
Remove loudmouths who offer nothing, scream into a bullhorn and exist for no other reason than to rile the ignorant masses. The world is full of them.

Put Greta Thunberg in a dumpser and let her eat recycled food waste from a supermarket. She can go to the bathroom in the forest just like the bears. Tree leaves will be her toilet paper. Thats all she is good for.

Useless person of privaledge

I do not think voices from the Global South are listened to enough, this is something that needs to change. For a long time different Global South climate activists have tried to get their message out, have tried to be heard, have tried to amplify their voice, but all in vain! The media is so specific about what it reports, it is so biased with who is chosen for interview, so most African activists do not have the opportunity to have their voices amplified. I personally believe that every activist has a story to tell, and every story has a solution to give, every solution has a life to change. Earlier this year I went to DAVOS, I happened to be at a press conference with other climate activists from Europe, I was the only person representing the African continent. So, when in the reporting I was then erased out of a photograph, to me it felt like the voice of African climate activism had been erased too. I had been given an opportunity to speak on the world stage, to speak to leaders and demand action, but my opportunity was pushed under the ground the moment I was removed from that photo. A voice had been erased, but not just my voice, the voices of fellow activists in Africa. It was a very trying moment for me, a disheartening moment, but I thank God I came out stronger from all of this.

originally posted by: Annee
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

WHEN NO ONE SPEAKS UP

There have been several instances, said Ravi, where “media played a role in who got highlighted and who was deliberately silenced.” Several activists pointed to a moment before the pandemic, in 2019 at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, where Thunberg tried and failed to “pass the mic.”

At a news conference organized by Fridays For Future, she made a brief, stuttering opening statement then directed the media to listen to six activists gathered from around the world from the front lines of climate change. The media response could be summed up by a cameraperson’s decision to keep the camera trained on Thunberg for a full minute, while Marshall Islander Carlon Jajok Zackhras spoke out of frame about 16-foot waves that had forced people from their homes just days before.

Thunberg feels “rightfully annoyed,” said Ravi, but it’s nothing compared to the annoyance of the activists alongside her.

Just a few weeks after COP25 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, an Associated Press photographer edited Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate, who is black, out of a photo that included four white women — including Thunberg and Neubauer. In Nakate’s response, a furious and sad video shared on social media, she said it was the first time she understood “the definition of the word racism.”