Sweden charges Greta Thunberg for blockading oil port

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Sweden charges Greta Thunberg for blockading oil port
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So people should protest somewhere where nobody notices? Preferably quietly?

That's not how protests work.

At this point who notices protests? They are so commonplace unless tens of thousands of people are involved. I agree that this will catch the public eye and may motivate people to side with her, but it could have the opposite effect as well. People rely on fossil fuels to get through their day (e.g. commuting, heating their homes, electric generation even). Making it more expensive may frustrate people who are more concerned about making ends meet than the climate.

It sucks, but there are limits to how practical it is to disrupt a crucial resource.

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”

  • Albert Einstein

Another quote i live my life by is "The only ting necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."