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how can it not be feasible to bother to not destroy the planet

don't you think it's worth trying not to destroy the fucking ecosystems of the fucking planet you fucking live on

There are things that can be done and then there is the impossible. We can start by being realistic. Man has always been a plague on the planet. We couldn't solve the problems we inherited if we killed every human today.

all you're being asked to do is take the problem seriously, be humble and respectful, and help us do the best we can

instead you laughed at an autistic girl for feeling like she'd like you to not intentionally fuck up her planet

I definitely was not making fun of autism. It was her manufactured outrage that adults decided to foster and exploit. She will become an adult and can go into politics if she chooses. Shouldn't use kids to advance adult politics

There is no chance we can fix the problem. Why waste my life, happiness on a pointless endeavor. Better to fix the problems that can be fixed and not leave the next generations false hope.

The way she feels & expresses herself is autistic. You're amused by the way she feels & expresses herself. You're not DiRECTLY amused by her autism, itself. You're amused by things that surprise you about her,, b/c you don't understand they're autistic. :(

It is truly sad that these grown members of our society would put her in this type of spotlight. Clearly pushing climate change agenda and without regard for her well being.

They dressed her up like a jester to push their unproven ideals without anyone but their own regard.

what are you talking about? are you making fun of her clothing? she started a world movement, all by herself.. a movement of young people all around the world TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO YOU

but apparently it didn't work because you can't be bothered to care

Good of you to assume you know anything about me. She was put on the biggest stage in the world to push politics. She has no business being in a conversation about climate change because she isn't even old enough to vote or pay income tax.

When it comes down to it climate change is a conversation about where to spend a finite resource...money.

what? it's a conversation about various specific resources ... money is an abstraction enabling the trade of resources

ok so you wanted to tell me you're totally not being ableist, then you made fun of her clothes, now you're being ageist .......

do you know you're wrong about the climate and this is how you cover that up for yourself emotionally

The jester clothes comment was intended to illustrate the buffoonery that is making a child a global spokesperson for a political cause.

How does this not make her a pawn for a political agenda?

because she acted on her own initiative and you're just being rude?

She is literally propped up by one side of a political agenda. If she didn't want the political rhetoric she could promote saving the planet without the partisan politics.

she's explicitly non-partisan

also she's from sweden where all of the major parties believe in climate change, she's just pushing them to take action in line with their own rhetoric

She needs to go back to school and let the adults have the conversations. There is too much involved to just blindly throw money at the problem without even proving it is a solution.

proving what is a solution

all that happened was a sincere activist tried and failed to get you to think seriously about solutions

why don't you want to think about solutions to our shared problem

Even if we throw the entire GDP of US on the problem it is still there. Even worse it wouldn't fix our problem and that doesn't even have anything to do with china who pollutes double the US. The conversation is pointless. It is wasted outrage.

The only solution is genocide. I am sure that is not the answer anyone wants to hear but that is the reality. Living causes damage to the environment. Pretending it can be fixed in the ways proposed is a sign that the problem is not understood.

it requires action both in the US and China

she's from Sweden

Did she save the world? Are we any better off today? A temper-tantrum and doesn't actually fix anything. Her head is in the sand. Maybe enough to make a few feel good about their position. Pat yourself on the back. Keep breathing and causing the problem.