Toot link; transcript:

Greta Thunberg could have, by now, carved out a very comfortable life for herself as a liberal grifter-celebrity offering platitudes about personal responsibility at Davos. Instead she connected the dots between ecocide, capital, and empire, aiming squarely at the heart of the beast. And now fresh out of captivity she downplays her own suffering to recenter the urgency of aid to the Palestinian people. No wonder she’s hated by the fascist+lib coalition that rules this world.

Author: JP (@jpbreton@mastodon.social)

  • VinnyDaCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    13 hours ago

    She wouldn’t even have to grift. Her family is somewhat wealthy if I remember correctly.

    I used to be rather skeptical about her, but she has more than earned my respect time and time again.

    • That Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      Her dad, i think, is a pretty famous Swedish actor, and her mum is a politician, i think. I probably got that wrong, but I know her parents are loaded.

      edit:

      to opera singer Malena Ernman and actor Svante Thunberg.[5][6]

      I was close.