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Greta Thunberg charged with public order offense in UK after arrest outside oil industry conference (apnews.com)

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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 168 points 11 months ago

They singled her out of the crowd to do this too. Interesting tactic on their part. Just makes for more awareness.

[-] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

It's almost as if the ones that singled her out have no knowledge of history and the concept of martyrdom.

So they're either stupid or actually agree with her ideas but still have to do their jobs, but in the worst way.

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 108 points 11 months ago

i know she's trying to get charged because that's how these work, but how do you in good conscience do this to her?

i mean i guess anyone working those jobs had their soul removed already anyway

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 101 points 11 months ago

Cops work for the billionaire class, not us. They do the bidding of their masters and don't see us as anything but plebs. They don't have a conscience.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

ACAB

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Police protect property, not people.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

cops

a conscience

Pick one.

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[-] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 105 points 11 months ago

You know lemmy is better than Reddit when a post about Greta isn’t filled with people that feel personally attacked by a girl that is just trying to make the world a better place.

That always pissed me off so much.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, there was a time when non-violent protesters against societal ills were considered brave heroes. What happened?

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 86 points 11 months ago

If you strike her down, she will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

[-] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

If you cut the head off the hydra, two more will grow in its place.

[-] theJWPHTER88@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago

@Sweetpeaches69 Thus, the recursive idea of "ideas" themselves, be it good, bad, or somewhere in-between.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 70 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Well-behaved women seldom make history."

I won't agree with her every decision nor statement, but I completely agree with her sentiment. After working for one of these oil majors, I believe it's going to take a lot of public pressure to get them to do the right thing. They'll do it, eventually, but the crusty execs need to be made to bend. My coworkers were all into sustainability and excited at new initiatives we'd hear about. It was the executive leadership that inhibited everything.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 61 points 11 months ago

damn i knew the briish were pretty shit but I didn't know it was this bad 💀

[-] guriinii@lemmy.world 76 points 11 months ago

Section 14 of the Public Order Act being used as intended - arresting peaceful protesters and protecting corporate and governmental interests.

[-] Skkorm@lemmy.world 53 points 11 months ago

Catching a charge for pissing off the oil companies and the governments they've bought, is something to be proud of

[-] autotldr 11 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The Metropolitan Police force said Wednesday that the 20-year-old Swedish campaigner was one of 26 people charged after protesters gathered outside the luxury InterContinental Hotel during the Energy Intelligence Forum.

Thunberg was among dozens of protesters who chanted “oily money out” and sought to block access to the hotel on Tuesday.

The three-day conference, which runs until Thursday, features speakers including the chief executives of Shell, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and Norway’s Equinor, as well as the U.K.’s energy security minister.

The protesters accuse fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit.

They also oppose the British government’s recent approval of drilling for oil in the North Sea, off the Scottish coast.

Thunberg inspired a global youth movement demanding stronger efforts to fight climate change after staging weekly protests outside the Swedish Parliament starting in 2018.

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[-] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Mad lad just living her dream

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Big W

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz -2 points 11 months ago

Little P

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

Not what ur mom said last night

[-] superguy@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

First world nations will continue to use fossil fuels as long as it remains economical.

They will not give up a cheap source of energy for 'the planet' while their adversaries continue to use it.

To think otherwise is ignorant and foolish. What world do you live in where the US, Russia, and China forego even the slightest bit of economic progression (which leads to military progression)?

[-] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

It's both the cheap part and the "while their adversaries continue to do so" parts that are key. The price of solar and storage continue to fall and we need to make the true cost of carbon be reflected in the sale price on a global level. When that happens, we'll be fine, for the most part.

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