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[–] STRIKINGdebate2 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Due to reports of misinformation from users I'll post this comment here.

No. They were not actually tossing coins backwards for good luck fighting climate change. No one knows exactly what the people in this picture were actually wishing good luck for.

I don't want to come down too hard on people but one of my jobs as moderator is to prevent the spread of misinformation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Is it possible to pin comments on Lemmy? This one's kind of buried, it seems a bunch of people missed it.

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[–] [email protected] 132 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The money from the fountain gets collected and sent to Caritas, a catholic charity that focuses on health, disaster relief, poverty, and migration. I am a Queer atheist person in Spain that uses their services and they haven’t once made my queerness an issue. Nor have they exposed me to their religious views.

So, shrug, I’m not gonna shit on them doing the tradition that many diplomatic events in Rome do.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Objectively, it sounds like it's an innocent tradition and a healthy charity.

Subjectively, it's tone-deaf af, when the rule-makers perform superstition for such a massive world-changing problem. Basically "thoughts and prayers."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I can guarantee you that nobody did this with the idea it'd help fight climate change

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

+1 for Caritas. My mum, a non-religous person, worked for them for quite some time and I've never heard a bad thing from her.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A friend once applied for a job at Caritas in Germany and got rejected for the reason of not being catholic, but christian. I think you could argue that is okay, but by German law it actually is not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I realy don't understand why the church still gets to do so many things that are simply not legal. It seems like the law that they have to follow is an older version.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

They are literally the people who can enact change, the fuck do they need luck for?

[–] Moc 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t be too hard on them… I’d be wishing for luck too, if I had problems and refused to solve them

[–] rockSlayer 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It's not that they refuse to do anything, they just refuse to do anything that would challenge the power of the capitalist class.

[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety 8 points 1 year ago

Change they to we.

Whether the goal is political action or direct action; Get organized.

Local organizations become regional, regional become national.

If "They" are not going to save us, "We" have to do it.

Organize, vote, act.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Hoping that the situation solves itself without having to make hard decisions or, Gott bewahre, sacrifices.

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[–] AllonzeeLV 84 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Just like declining birth rates in the US.

"We need to have more babies! Our population is declining!"

Well we could subsidize child care.

"Fuck you! Oh whatever shall we do?!"

Well we could provide housing programs for people who want to have children.

"Fuck you! Oh we need to think of something."

Oh, I know, we could subsidize fertility treatments for parents that want children but are having difficulties and can't afford 10s of thousands of uncovered medical expenses at once!

"Fuck you! Oh, woe is me, there's nothing anyone can do!"

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Left out "we could just let more people move here"

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But then ~~our society wouldn't be white dominated anymore!~~ our culture! Oh our culture! Demographics! Crime! Ahhhh! Be afraid!

[–] orphiebaby 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is Japan too. Very much so right now

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[–] DandomRude 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Is that Angela Merkel in the middle? If so this must be at least an old photo. She is not the German chancellor anymore. Not that that would make things any better...

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Punishing corporations for their misbehavior is too much work

[–] PilferJynx 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Especially when they barely pay your bills

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Right? There's nothing you defend, these major corporations and billionaires are literally ruining everything and offering no benefit. Most of the best stuff that happens is from publicly funded research or volunteer work.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When was this? Merkel and her party luckily aren't in the government anymore.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Syrc 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the fact-check. I hate that we’ve gotten to ragebait on Lemmy as well.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boris Johnson was already 2 prime ministers ago.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The rate they burn through them, that could have been last week.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Well the current coalition isnt really doing any better in that regard. All they seem to care about is condemning climate protesters and the usual corrupt behaviour that we know from the CDU...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There would never have been a Deutschlandticket with CDU. Fuck FDP but at least neither Grüne nor SPD is openly fellating the AfD Nazis like the current CDU is doing.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boris looks confused at the idea of throwing money at anything other than his mates.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They did NOT toss coins for "good luck fighting the climate emergency." Maybe some did, who knows. It was not a collective wish for something, just a stage for a nice group photo.

https://www.yahoo.com/video/made-wish-g20-leaders-toss-113600490.html?guccounter=1

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-31/g-20-leaders-pose-by-trevi-fountain-macron-and-johnson-face-off

From the Yahoo article: "Of course the wishes can't be revealed to anyone if they are to become true - so who knows what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel wished for."

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[–] thann 22 points 1 year ago

well toss a coin for good luck while we let corporations rape the planet

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Oceans 111°

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would like to know how many fetch back their coin afterwards...

[–] Niggling__Niggard 15 points 1 year ago

You think these fuckers used one of their own coins? They were just props that was handed to them. They probably haven't touched an actual coin themselves in years.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look at the average age of the people in that picture. You think they care for climate change? They know they'll be dead soon enough.

[–] baatliwala 5 points 1 year ago

I despise Modi but there's not one single Indian who doesn't care about climate change. It's at least one thing literally all politicians and people of all classes get behind here.

[–] fne8w2ah 8 points 1 year ago

This is literally worthy of nottheonion material lol. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Can't hurt or tell the rich what to do for the 99% /s

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 1 year ago

Words fail.

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