The words of Greta Thunberg this week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo
Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.
We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.
There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.
We're still speeding in the wrong direction
We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.
And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time
Agreed. It seems all too common for people to think that those who point out issues are also responsible to have immediate solutions ready to go.
It's necessary to have issues pointed out so that we, collectively, can discuss the issues to work towards potential solutions. This world and all that humanity has created is far too complex to expect one person to do all the work.
If the expectation of a person who points out problems is to have the answer, then no conversation is being held. Instead we are just shifting blame and responsibility while continuing on a flawed or destructive path.