Helping other people -sometimes by putting yourself in active danger- is so..... selfish and privileged????
Seriously, I'd love to hear this person's idea of what someone with generational wealth should be doing to be a good person.
making a lotta MONEY! probably.
That's "generating value for the economy" to you, peasant.
This person probably thinks nobody deserves a life the slightest less miserable as theirs
"Why doesn't she get a real rich parents job like Senior Financial Analytics Executive?"
No, you got to understand:
The best thing to do is launch several startups that will either fail or succeed by sucking all the life of your employees and if you can make your customers lives miserable also you hit the jackpot.
You see, unprivileged people are too busy working for a living to try to change the system that destroys the world while keeping most people too busy and exhausted to change the system. This is of course, the fault of the people that tries to change the system, apparently.
she could have easily become a liberal grifter. instead she puts her life at risk to help others. she's probably one of the best people on the face of the earth.
Yeah, this. Every day we see people succumbing to the lure of monetizing having tons of attention on them, and a distinct brand.
Also, her parents aren't that rich:
Using Sweden’s publicly available income tax data, which is generally regarded as being very trustworthy, makes it abundantly evident that the Thunbergs are by no means affluent elites. They represent, at most, what may be called well-off professionals who live simply in a nice part of Stockholm.
Can you name some examples of well known liberal grifters?
John Fetterman and Krysten Sinema come to mind. Most self described "liberal" politicians, really.
Depending on the year Bill Maher would quality.
Hadn't thought of him in a while. Excellent example, thanks.
I am from the internet. I'm here to help.
anyone who gets paid to tell rich people at Davos to "Stop it, please"
I really wish I could do what Greta does. I'm glad she does it for those of us who can't.
Criticising someone for trying to make the world a better place makes you the most pathetic loser on the face of the planet.
The biggest enemy of any leftist is a slightly different leftist
Damn leftists! They ruined leftism!!
Using the phrase "useless activism" says everything we need to know about the poster.
How can you take her seriously when she doesn't even generate value for her capitalist overlords?
Have made a few searches on Greta Thunberg and her parents and they are not “rich”. They are better off than average in Sweden but calling them rich is a bit of a stretch.
I mean, yeah. That is a privilege. She is privileged to be able to be an activist.
People acting like "privilege" is some awful phrase is why MAGA types go out of their way to deny their privilege.
Doing what greta has done was never an option for me. But things I've done were never options for other people. And that doesn't make either of us bad people. Just lucky.
If you have the privilege to do whatever you want, hopefully "whatever you want" is positive and not punching down
People acting like “privilege” is some awful phrase is why MAGA types go out of their way to deny their privilege.
That's because maga types are deeply, fundamentally, stupid. They don't think, they feel. When you say to one "You're privileged by being white so you don't get bothered as much by the police" they feel bad, and that's all. That's part of why they can hold contradictory positions without any apparent discomfort. The words are contradictory but the feelings are consistent.
Calling any kind of activism "useless" is pretty evil in my opinion.
I like the way you think and I wish I could share it, but I've met some real shitty activists. The protest outside of planned parenthood type, and honestly useless is about the kindest thing I can say about them.
Star of David and Monarchial Iran flag?
100% a Zionist troll, probably an IDF account.
Imagine saying that to Batman 😂
That's actually a thing!
IIRC, the idea is that many of the people Batman beats up are just desperate, and not evil, so instead using all that Bruce Wayne money on healthcare, rehabilitation, housing, and other services that benefit the poor would decrease the amount of crime way more than going around punching people ever would.
As far as I know Bruce has tons of charities and uses a lot of his money to help improve lifes. But gotham is cursed
Too bad Bruce already does this with his fortunes and has set up so many charities, homeless centers, orphanages, work centers, ... He even helped a couple of goons get a job at Wayne enterprise.
It is only because Gotham is literally cursed that it does not work.
So the people who say that really never read any of the comics.
And if she got a “real” job people would call her a nepo baby. There is no winning with these insane people. Not to mention she doesn’t even come from a rich family.
I mean, yes, she is privileged, but she's using that privilege to do some great stuff.
Here's the thing; if you remove the word "useless" from that statement, I have no issue with it (other than it being factually inaccurate that Greta's parents are "rich").
Yes, it would be the definition of privilege to be well off enough that you can spend your life focused on activism. And that's OK.
Having privilege is not a moral judgment. You're not a bad person because of it. It's just a fact of life. What's important is to understand your privileges. If she was going around moralizing at other people for not spending all their life on activism even though they've got bills to pay and kids to feed, that would be a shitty thing to do. But as the reply in the OP says, recognizing your privileges and using them to help those who are not fortunate in the same ways is exactly the behaviour we want to see more of, from everyone. That can be as simple as being the guy in the meeting who says "Hold on, I really want to hear what Sandra has to say" because you know she's being talked over. It can be a white person filming the cop as they arrest a black kid, because you know that your skin colour affords you a level of safety in that situation. You use the advantages you're given to help others.
Some people spend half their life reposting propaganda on social media behind fake profiles for free. She at least owns up to her beliefs.
Zionists hate her because she supports justice for Palestinians rather than staying silent
Christ I’m so disgusted with people scapegoating her with all of their worst-faith notions about political protest and activism. First of all she’s the most benign target of all time to go attack maliciously. Secondly, in their zeal to shit on her, people shit on the entire idea of civil protest and standing up against government and corporations for what you believe in. Even Trump dipshits should have an ounce of respect for that, no matter who you are.
We need to give the Aperger's type of autistic people the power to rule.
Maybe as some kind of council, because you can still end up with an Elon if you're not careful.
I disagree mainly for the Elon reasons. We want everyone's voices in government and excluding anyone's is a recipe for disaster (yes, I'm one of those crazies that even thinks prisoners should have the right to vote it's wild right). I think it's just that ASD voices are among those conspicuously missing from government and that's something worth working to change.
Prisoners are part of the state. They contribute and they consume. They should definetly have the right to vote.
This is what some people don't get. Being privileged isn't inherently bad. It's not a choice you made, it's the circumstances of your birth, upbringing, and culture. The problems start when you deny your privilege and how it has effected your life, when you argue that your privilege is actually proof that you're better, when you think you should be given more privilege as a result, when you expect others to compete against what is a given for you, etc.
You know what isn't a problem with privilege? Using that privilege to project the voices of the un-privileged. Speaking truth to power. Using your famous name to boost a worthy cause. Putting your self in harms way so that the same abuse that would have happened to someone else without media focus can't be ignored. Standing up against villains, setting an example, and calling those in authority to action.
Anyone trying to reduce what this girl has done to rich white girl privilege needs to go brush your teeth. Your breath smells like bullshit.
She's supposed to be on a Yacht, not a protest flotilla.
And the wealthy all consider her activism a con-game because to them, empathy is just another resource that's exclusive to their class. The note of pity is genuine because they think she's wasting her life.
She might have gotten bombed and tried to end a genocide and this user wants her to work...
This is one I rip on people for choosing to be a drone instead of someone that helps
Greta could have sold out but instead she keeps running blockades to deliver aid to genocide victims
That comment was pure jealousy
why is anyone using Xitter still?
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