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That was nice of them, carrying her so she doesn't get stuck in the mud. Would be a shame if, I don't know, a mud wizard appeared and made them all look silly.
“She wasn’t arrest, she’s just being held for identification.”
“You mean… The one you named?” >

Alright Greta, what's your name? >

Ya'll don't seem to understand how Germany works:
People were mistakenly declared dead offficially and it took them years to clarify it. Even though there was no doubt at all and people admitting the error.
Bureucracy, baby! Greta will sign here, here, here and *flippages* here. >

A friend of mine was declared dead here in the US a decade ago, it took him 4 years to be able to get an ID and get all his other stuff back in his name. >

A lady I worked with drove around for years with no plates or driver's license because the system listed her as dead and the local cops didn't want the headache of the paperwork.  Apparently it's way harder to "alive" someone than to "unalive" them. >

That's usually how it works. Unaliving is murder, re-aliving could launch a whole religion. 😁 >

Well, Kathy finally got re-alived after 3 years fighting with the state. >

It's the second coming of Kathy.
Jesus never died for our sins, he was a victim of Roman bureaucracy! >

“Very funny Pilate. Now change the paperwork back.” >

This has had me giggling for the last few hours. Thank you. >

"I'm not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!” >

*recycled cooking oil >

*solar heated >

She has the face of a content raccoon after breaking into a pastry shop and eating half the display case in this picture. >

"Do what you must, I have already won" >

Carry me peasants. >

She actually looks like she’s enjoying herself. Good for her. >

well she knew that the moment they touched her she won and that this photo will make world wide press and germany big time embarassed itself. >

What happened to the Mud Wizard? >

he has not been interviewed yet as far as i know >

Praise mud wizard >

May His Soil Besmirch You. >

blessings upon your puddle and the mud that fills it. >

"I'll fuckin do it again" >

I mean, are you really a protestor if you aren't willing to be arrested over and over? >

For more context: 

The environmental activist, 20, has been taking part in protests against the demolition of a village to make way for the expansion of a nearby coal mine.

We are very close to wiping ourselves out as a species, and we need more people like Greta both paying attention and calling attention to the cause of it. >

The most concerning issue to me is further down:

The tiny hamlet of Luetzerath, in North Rhine-Westphalia, is owned by utility firm RWE and has been emptied ahead of its demolition to allow for the expansion of the nearby Garzweiler coal mine.

So people were kicked out of their homes by a utility company?  How does that happen?  Who is responsible for making every resident of that community homeless? >

The animals and environment weren’t compensated (obviously, deer and trees have little use for money). I don’t know much about German wildlife, but mines and dams are responsible for wiping out whole ecosystems, and we are already in the middle of a mass extinction event. >

Well yeah, agreed. >

That thumbnail is prime meme material - can't wait to see it on my frontpage every day for the next week >

*2 years >

Well, I'll say this. She walks the walk. >

Smiles the smile too.
That photo in the article is great. >

Lol I know right? 
She looks rather cozy in that situation. >

Mission accomplished.
I didn't know Germany was expanding it's coal plants. Yikes. >

If they didnt shut down the nuclear sites to suck russia’s dick maybe they would be a lot better off. >

Well that's dumb. Coal ash releases 100 times more radioactivity into the environment than nuclear power. >

The thing people fear is not a nuclear power plant operating normally, they fear a nuclear power plant not operating normally. When Chernobyl happened, the radioactive clould was blown to Germany - people remember that kind of shit.
You can argue endlessly about whether it's safe or not, but it's understandable that people have their reservations especially if they were personally affected >

Lets not forget that Chernobyl happened because no one listened to the engineers. Same thing with Fukushima: no one listened when the engineers at the plant said that the walls surrounding it would not protect against a tsunami, which the didn’t. Another plant that was hit harder by the tsunami did not suffer any damage because people actually listened to the engineers and fortified the plant as such. >

Meanwhile, somewhere in Romania, Andrew Tate is misunderstanding so much stuff. >

I would almost feel bad for the fucker (not really), but he’s always trying to “secretly” flex his forearm and/or bicep (like with the diamond-shaped hand pose or the 90 degree arm pose) in every single one of his pictures. So fuck him.
Also the human trafficking and sexual abuse. >

But mainly the flexing thing >

The right kind of trouble. >

And hopefully make it double >

Ok, but she's literally trying to protect the world from devastation >

And unite all peoples regardless of nations. >

Meowth!
That's right! >

Where's your mud wizard now, eh? >

Wait. Are fanny packs back? >

It was the height of fashion in Sweden 2020. Called a "becknar-bag" and worn over the shoulder as Greta is doing. Made popular by drugdealers, confidence men and Romanian beggars.
It was a silly time. >

They are really handy for all kind of events where you want to bring some small supplies with you while staying mobile. Music festivals are another example other than protests. >

"If you strike me down, I'll become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." >

Andrew tate is arrested for human trafficking while greta is arrested for fighting for our planet and future, i love the contrast.
Edit: so apparently this was faked, what do yall think? Necessary lie to compete against an opponent that fights just as dirty or fake ass clout chasing? >

Greta wasnt even arrested.  She was detained with a whole group of protesters, and it's doubtful that any actual charges will come out of this. >

If I read correctly, they were detained not due to the protesting, but due to protesting hazardously close to an open pit. No arrests will happen, and they will be released. >

Ah yes, police definitely had most noble of intentions detaining them!
“We got to keep out kids safe!
Yours sincerely,
Uvalde Police Department” >

I'm not a big fan of police in general, but I'm not really sure how American police compare with the police in other countries.. I'd like to think that there are countries that have it much more together than the USA does.
EDIT: I'd like to hear how American police contrast with police in other places, if any of you would like to share stories or links to articles. >

I don't know about how they actually act, but I did a 2-week trip through Europe last month and most places had police that were carrying huge rifles, and a few had full riot setups out, so they certainly looked scarier.  That was probably mostly for Christmas market crowd control and control of potential World Cup celebrations that got out of hand (and I saw one in Strasbourg that got out of hand when Morocco won a game, but the riot police didn't do much more than stand around). >

Well Europe has had some scary terrorism situations in the near past. Kinda makes sense they'd have an overt presence and tourist locations. >

My buddy is convinced she's operating for someone who's financing her and when I asked how he came up with this he just sort of shrugged and said "SHE MUST BE"
edit: I posted too quickly. I meant to getat the idea that this guy thought she must be someone's puppet, that there is someone co-ordinating all of her moves and she's not anything more than a face for an organization.
She has costs, so I never assumed she was able to pay it all herself >

I don't know your buddy. But so what?
I'm not directly comparing but, Rosa Parks's case was financed by the NAACP. She was an activist. Same with Brown v Board. US laws at all levels of government are lobbied for (and against) by massive corporations and special interest groups. Cancer awareness groups sponsor sports leagues. Taylor Swift's family was rich and helped support her early career until it took off.  What's it matter if she has financial backing? >

This is my take also, just because you get backing doesn't make your convictions any less noble or strong. >

Yup.. it's just kind of an inescapable reality that voices with money behind them are the loudest. 
May as well be loud about something worthwhile, like Greta Thunberg.
I do worry for her safety, though. >

It's 2023, I'm worried for everyone's safety at this point 😒 >

It does feel like we are on the brink of extinction and no one wants to take this seriously. I ask those people how they would explain to their kids that we have fucked up so bad that all life on this planet will die. Their response is so apathetic its disgusting. >

The cooler heads that always prevailed in the past, the subject matter experts we could turn to, real unifying leaders.........don't exist anymore.  We have embraced the never ending campaign cycle, so it's all about setting ourselves apart and outlining differences, making sure it is known why we are superior.  We never get to the part where we say it's time to get shit done, we are dysfunctional as a country, which has thrown global leadership into dysfunction... No one respects anyone at all.  We need a Ghandi, someone unshakeable and non violent. >

The fact that we are basically at the breaking point is why I'm electing to not have kids. Planning on proceeding with the snip. There's no way I could say sure, let's have kids when one day they might have to watch the human race go extinct. People cry about declining birth rates. Stop fucking breaking the planet and maybe more people will want to have kids. >

I have two kids and until this last year I didn't question my decision.  I don't regret it, but my heart is heavier for them 😒. >

Yeah I have an ex who is baby crazy. I asked why she would do this. Turns out she wants kids for very selfish reasons. She's an ex for a reason. >

They found her carrying a pizza box and have taken her luxury cars. >

She’s just a happy camper >

Do I sort-by-controversial to see the hot takes by the Andrew Tate fanboys?  
Or do I just ... walk away? >

You go to the post on r/Damnthatsinteresting if you want to see those - cause that comment section is a fucking war zone. Yikes. 😬 >

Damn. I looked at the very first post and it's a fucking cesspool. >

This isn't surprising, seeing as how there are essentially no legal means available to actually save civilization at this point. >

It's certainly a thing to see a whole civilization working towards its end, while acknowledging that their path leads to the end, and desperately trying to stop the people trying to save it.
Future historians will really think we were the stupidest most insane civilization. >


Future historians will really think we were the stupidest most insane civilization.

Bold of you to assume there will be future historians >

Nope, but aliens might find some of our leftovers and go, "Oh, they never got out of their capitalist phase. What a shame." >

If aliens reached a capitalist phase and got out of it it’s probably because the system collapsed before they had any problems like climate change. 
The reason capitalism is so prevalent is because it makes the people who are best at maximizing profit the most powerful people, and spreading capitalism further is a very good way to maximize profit. It’s one of the main reasons colonialism happened.
The tendency of capitalism to spread itself is why I think that the only way it’s going to end is if it undermines itself. Which, to be clear, it is doing, but it’s not doing it fast enough to save us from climate change >

This kind of arrest is probably going to make her quite happy.  International splash, she absolutely drew attention to the cause and she only has to spend a night or two in detention to pay for it. >

Looks like fake staged photo worked as amount of people here thinking it was a real arrest lol >

Here is video of the “arrest” >

I had to scroll way too far down to see this >

That's the face I make when I took a good shit >

Major props to her. She's actually putting her money where her mouth is. >

It's easy for people to hate Greta Thunberg because she's gotten so much media attention, but I really respect her for how openly disrespectful she is of gradualism politics. She's called out the bullshit empty rhetoric from politicians on numerous occasions. She is a real activist that understands the problem she's fighting against, not just an establishment mouthpiece.
I do wonder if she'll eventually start getting more radical and doing things that are considered unacceptable to the powers that be. It'll be interesting to see how the media and politicians will react. >

"If you ain't getting arrested you ain't getting shit done." - probably someone somewhere. >

This is akin to Bernie Sanders being arrested for protesting segregated housing, but watch conservatives totally miss the point and act like this is a huge “gotcha” moment >

It's hard not to cheer for someone willing to go to jail out of the deeply held and justified belief that we need to take action to protect our planet from environmental calamity. >

That fucking face tho. 
Amazing to me that in 2023, one of the few people with actually massive put your money where your mouth is balls, is the autistic goofy offbeat teenage girl from Sweden. 
They’ll be making “chuck Norris” level memes about her in 50 years >

No longer a teenager. Just turned 20. >

I THOUGHT SHE WAS 15?! I feel old now. >

She was, 5 years ago!
No not in 2012. 2018. >

So cool that governments make internet content now >

It appears to be government funded crowd surfing. >

whats the big news exactly?