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why does greta thunberg always think she has to lecture us about climate change?

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Why does an autistic Swedish school girl inspire so much hatred from the Internet right? Most of the stuff I read is about her personally and ignores the issues.

Jealousy of her fame maybe? She has done more in seventeen years than most of us manage in a lifetime.

Jealosy of her intellect?

I also think she forces people to think about an issue which they don't want to. She seems like a walking guilt trip for a problem that you don't want to face.

Its called climate change denial for a reason.
@Burnley123 And I am sure the fact half the world is burning down is a total coincidence too. lol
deadgerbil · 26-30, M
@Burnley123 given that the right has a penchant for reveling in ignorance, her bringing a lot of attention to a problem they are staunchly against fixing probably makes them feel uncomfortable
IronHamster · 56-60, M
@Burnley123 If you want to see climate change denial, look at the liberals that push it. Lying fucking NIMBYists. Look, if Bill Gates really believed in climate change, he'd be demanding the sterilization of large swaths of the global population. If John Kerry really believed in climate change, he'd be drydocking all of his yachts. If the Kennedys believed in climate change, Martha's Vineyard would be the home of windmill farms. The left is just trying to make a buck off something that we have no control over.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@IronHamster Oh I agree. Climate change should be led by radical socialists, not tech billionaires. That way the interests of capital are not pitted against species survival.

Liberal billionaires can't be trusted though they are at least on team reality.
IronHamster · 56-60, M
@Burnley123 Radical socialists are equally self serving. Higher taxes can't change the earth's climate any more than it can stop a manmade bioweapon from becoming an endemic.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@IronHamster Or we could try and decarbonize the economy, which is the argument actually made.
IronHamster · 56-60, M
@Burnley123 We are STILL sending business to China which is STILL building dirty coal fired electric generation stations. Hypocrites send their pollution to China because they don't want it here. We aren't decarbonizing anything, and the wealthy socialists don't believe it matters judging by their actions.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@IronHamster
wealthy socialists

oxymoron.
IronHamster · 56-60, M
@Burnley123 No. Socialists tend to be wealthy trust fund kids and believe they will be in charge of everything. They won't give up THEIR wealth. They'll add our capital to THEIR power. Everyone uses capital. Socialists use capital. Communists use capital. Fascists use capital. And free marketeers use capital. Only in a free market do the wealthy have to work to keep it.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@IronHamster
ocialists use capital. Communists use capital.

🙆‍♂️😳🤷🙄

I give up.
IronHamster · 56-60, M
@Burnley123 Are you then saying that the Soviet Union never needed a piece of machinery?!
@IronHamster This is just next level stupid.
IronHamster · 56-60, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Greta certainly is.
@IronHamster Says the tin foil hat conspiracy theorist.
IronHamster · 56-60, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Intetesting self labeling you have created for yourself, or, are you projecting your issues on someone else?
@IronHamster At least I understand the topics I speak of. You , not so much.
HoraceGreenley · 61-69, M
@Burnley123 Because adults don't seek the council of teenagers
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@HoraceGreenley That teenager is wiser than some adults, such are yourself.
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@MarmeeMarch She is right to do so. The so called leaders are talking and talking and talking and do absolutely nothing. They should be shamed. She has to live with the consequences of their incompetence. They will all be pushing up daisies so they don't give a shit.
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@MarmeeMarch And talks are exactly the problem. And they did. But right wingers have short attention spans except when they are triggered by a scary black man who triggers them half a decade later.
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@MarmeeMarch Sure. Keep telling yourself that. Nobody else believes you.
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