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I have celebrity environment activists in mind who regularly fly in private jets to faraway resorts and live the high life while being ambassadors for climate c
by barking 10y ago
I have celebrity environment activists in mind who regularly fly in private jets to faraway resorts and live the high life while being ambassadors for climate change action on the other. The context is different but Paul Theroux's quote on Bono sums it up:
"THERE are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment"
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/15/opinion/the-rock-stars-burden.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/15/opinion/the-rock-stars-bur...
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoFortunately the message can be true regardless of who says it?
- barking 10y agoThey choose a celebrity because they think that the little people are more likely to listen to them. But when the messenger has the whiff of hyprocisy about them, it's natural to be cynical. No one likes being patronised.