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But how will they protest if they can't drive and meet up or fly to those green events?
by cpursley 15d ago
But how will they protest if they can't drive and meet up or fly to those green events?
- lazyasciiart 15d agoIndeed, how will anyone get to London or NYC or ...
- vrganj 15d agoTake a train or a bike? Y'know, the thing they're advocating for? Hell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship.
- GJim 15d ago> Hell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship. I need to attend a scientific conference in the USA next month. Please can you kindly tell me how I can also sail across the Atlantic to get there? (As an aside, my employer has already issued my burner phone and laptop; SOP for visiting countries such as the USA).
- vrganj 15d agoThat sounds like something you could do via Zoom and save yourself the hassle. Nobody claimed we could do a systemic change without, y'know, change.
- GJim 15d agoYes mate. Because staring at a screen on zoom call is a suitable alternative to free social interaction and scientific relationship building.
- vrganj 15d agoI'd rather you look at Zoom and we don't die of a climate catastrophe. I never said we could keep all our little niceties, such is systemic change.
- jaapz 15d agohttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-som...
- spiclk 15d agoIt's not our fault that we use oil and gas for daily activities (including going to protests). It's the governments' and corporations' fault for making us do it (or maybe not stopping us).