A lot of advertising is annoying and misleading, even good advertising can lead to people buying stuff they don't need. I am definitely not pro-advertising but it does serve more than monopolistic capitalism, especially on a more local level.

Netanyahu fits that list no doubt

I agree, but their journey has been a lot more influential than your average protest (we need both).

First and last paragraph:

ROME — An Italian referendum on granting faster citizenship to certain immigrants and seeking to strengthen labor rights failed because of low turnout, after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and leading right-wing political parties urged Italians to boycott the democratic process.

Between 1974 and 1995, eight of nine referendums reached the quorum for voter participation. But since then, according to the Italian newspaper Il Post, only four of 34 referendums have had enough voters to be valid.

I am especially glad Greta threw her 'weight' behind it because without the media attention it got them proving a point probably wouldn't have had a meaningful effect. Might still not, but we'll see.

He's an actor using his influence, I don't think you're very serious but my point needs to be made as long as there are people who think the characters only live on screen and the actor portraying them only live on the red carpet for our amusement.

I bet Oleksander is willing to let some babysitters come over too, if that would convince Trump to come

Only people who are against democracy say stuff like this.

… 3-4 years to go … the west is then back to normalcy.

That sound a little optimistic lol

I think if you postpone de deadline to 2040 the same companies will have the same complaints

The same was true for steam engines, they were not forbidden but the companies that only complained still went bankrupt.

We also use the word for hunting in fighter jets (jachtvliegtuig = hunt airplane, straaljager = jet hunter), imagine Dutch being as influential now as is was then; we'd have yacht airplanes.