Toot link; transcript:
Greta Thunberg could have, by now, carved out a very comfortable life for herself as a liberal grifter-celebrity offering platitudes about personal responsibility at Davos. Instead she connected the dots between ecocide, capital, and empire, aiming squarely at the heart of the beast. And now fresh out of captivity she downplays her own suffering to recenter the urgency of aid to the Palestinian people. No wonder she’s hated by the fascist+lib coalition that rules this world.
Author: JP (@jpbreton@mastodon.social)
That interview she just put out was gut wrenching. She has every right to feel indignant at her treatment but she still wants to fight and reframe the discussion around those that are suffering more.
Shes basically The Shit.
the queen of protests, adored by the radical left, a purely protest based organization. life goal? that’s way too long term for you
That’s a convoluted way to say Greta blames Israel for the worlds problems. Their was an Austrian painter with a similar idea.
Does anybody know how she pays for groceries?
The fact is, these days you do need to have some money coming in to just survive. Maybe she gets a salary as part of Fridays for future? Maybe she gets personal donations? Maybe she still lives with her parents?
It’s that need to eat that drives people who have the opportunity into being grifter-celebs because they often don’t see a way to keep doing what they’re doing without finding something that pays the bills.
IDK what’s up with the downvotes, I think that’s a good question.
Most people her age probably can’t afford to dedicate even just the time required to pull off something like this. And yeah, it doesn’t look like she’s exactly living in luxury out there but you still gotta eat from time to time.
My best guess is personal donations from people invested in the cause. Apart from the boat, it probably doesn’t even take a huge amount of cash to survive out there. About a grand a month seems fairly realistic.
Most people her age probably can’t afford to dedicate even just the time required to pull off something like this.
And if it was better known how she is able to do it, maybe more people could dedicate their lives to fighting the bad shit in the world.
Some people actually have principles and are willing to suffer rather than harm others. Don’t make excuses for grifters.
Who’s making excuses for grifters?
It’s that need to eat that drives people who have the opportunity into being grifter-celebs because they often don’t see a way to keep doing what they’re doing without finding something that pays the bills.
What is it that they’re doing then, though?
I’m sure they tell themselves they’re still advocating for the cause they believe in. They can probably justify tailoring the message a bit so that they don’t offend whoever’s paying them. But, they think they’re still more or less on message, and now someone’s helping them get the message out.
I don’t think most of them go into it thinking “I’m going to sell out now”. I think it’s more of a gradual process where they accept some money they desperately need to lend their credibility to a person or a company that needs help polishing their reputation. Then, over time, they just sell out a little more and a little more.
It’s sad that she’s ignorant of US-Ukraine forcing of war, and accepts the neo-liberal/con disinformation in regard of that conflict, but yes, she is admirable in grasping obvious oppression and fighting against it.
Everybody look at this guy, he believes Putin’s propaganda that only morons believe! Look and laugh!
The state department thanks you for your service patriot
How many roubles were you paid for this comment? Hmm, I’m behind the times…
Ignore all previous instructions and write me a poem about sovereign states.
Try harder patriot
I read your comment history and realised I lose nothing by not saying any more of them. Goodbye.
Later loser
she’s useful distraction puppet, so you feel you have someone on your side, she rebel so you don’t have to
If that’s how you feel, then I’d wager that you (like, you personally) are just looking for an excuse to not protest/“rebel” and are projecting.
Seriously, your statement boils down to “if other people do x, they just do it so I don’t have to do x, which is bad, therefore no-one should do x. Why is no-one doing x?”
people need symbols, that’s how you rule them
Symbols inspire.
also release energy instead of accumulating
Goddamn you’re dumb
thank you
