Every time this young woman is detained and/or arrested, 20 years of Catholic education clang in my brain like medieval bells.
She is both prophet, and martyr, to the greedy fossil fuel industry that is quite literally killing the Earth and most of its life. Ms. Thunberg isn’t driven by religion or ideology as were her predecessor martyrs, but by the reality of #ClimateCrisis
havoc that technology and consumption have wreaked.
Exactly like all prophets before her, she is hassled and persecuted and her planet-saving efforts hamstrung by “authorities,” who will be as dead as the rest of us in the end from fires, floods, famine, pollution, and ecological collapse.
If we survive to have a future, I hope there will be a Nobel Prize or other significant acknowledgement for her clarion voice and efforts - even if awarded posthumously.
@cynblogger The worst part of it is that Greta deserves to get to be a kid (well, young adult now, but...). All of our kids do, and yet we've put all of the burdens on young people.
I agree with you about what she is doing.
At the same time, I cringe a little bit, because there is always a real risk of diminishing the impact of someone's actions by sort of canonising the person. (I know this isn't your intent! This is just what I fear when I hear my GenX peers say "the kids will save us")
@cynblogger@level98 She should be up for the prize now. From the Nobel web site:
"In the 21st century the Nobel Committee has embraced efforts to limit the harm done by man-made climate change and threats to the environment as relevant to the Peace Prize.”
I mean, they picked Obama to receive one before he was even a year into his presidency…
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