“We are about to sacrifice our civilization for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue to make enormous amounts of money. We are about to sacrifice the biosphere so that rich people in countries like mine can live in luxury. But it is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of the few.”
― Greta Thunberg

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@fionnbharr The issue here is that Greta mentions (and we quote what she says) what is blindingly obvious and everyone turns a blind eye to it. Or don't even realize it. I don't have anything against Greta. It's the people who deeply sadden me
@fionnbharr That the rich benefit unequally from natural resource use and contribute greatly to biosphere degradation needs to be mentioned as the consequences are being felt more acutely lately by the rest of us. Also, people tend to elevate the rich as special people with many redeeming or superior traits...