Just like every day, I was browsing through news and social media and I was surprised to see a 17-year-old's speech that had taken the internet by storm, this little lady was talking so passionately about climate change and how our world leaders won't even budge, busy reaping the profits while ignoring our impending doom. She was crying because she realized that there wouldn't be a life to live when she grew up. After seeing her speech, the first thought that crossed my mind was 'How innocent is this kid?' she's not ready to face the harsh truth we already know. she does not deserve to be worried about something so dark, she deserves a happy childhood, you know while she can.
For me, living in a third-world country like India, we have seen and grown up with news of poverty, extreme social injustice, rapes, and murders, these things are happening two blocks away from our home and they occur on such a scale that at this point we have become numb to them, like every millennial I met, we have already given up on living a happy and peaceful life, we are just dragging ourselves through years now, we have realized life isn't fair, and everything is made to serve our corporate masters for their profits, we know how governments are formed and demolished and how they are run from the shadows, we have seen the rise of neoliberalism, we know how little our leaders care about nature and how they have been exploiting our resources for decades now. we know it is already too late to ban petroleum and we all have seen how the leader of the world's most powerful country acted when it was his turn to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we all have been fed the lie that people are in control of their governments, this lie was fed to us by a system which is in place for thousands of years now.
When I see Greta Thunberg I see an innocent kid who has yet to face the harsh realities of the world, she doesn't know how the system works, and she doesn't know how rigged is the system. I actually envy her that she at least has some 'humanity' left in her, I am sorry Greta, you realized the truth too early, this is your age of having a decent childhood like every kid deserves,but you will have to live the knowledge of our impending doom, no kid deserves that, I am sorry it has to be this way. In 40-50 years there won't be anything left to save, it is already too late! it is already too late! The third industrial revolution was the last nail in our coffin, the world has already lost its first glacier to climate change, Ireland is witness to that and we still act like we don't care. Dear Greta, every adult you meet already knows what you have to say, you are not saying anything that the world hasn't already heard of. you are trying to teach morals to the people who have forgotten what it meant to be human a long time ago, you are dealing with monsters and slaves of the capitalist system here, historically the policies of climate conference date back to the 1960s and early 70s, yet in 2019 whatever favors the 'corporate America' is good for American people and hence the world, is still the core concept of U.S. foreign and domestic policies.
Look at us! the world is a mess If we survive and I think that may be a long shot--if you see An inconvenient truth.
For me, living in a third-world country like India, we have seen and grown up with news of poverty, extreme social injustice, rapes, and murders, these things are happening two blocks away from our home and they occur on such a scale that at this point we have become numb to them, like every millennial I met, we have already given up on living a happy and peaceful life, we are just dragging ourselves through years now, we have realized life isn't fair, and everything is made to serve our corporate masters for their profits, we know how governments are formed and demolished and how they are run from the shadows, we have seen the rise of neoliberalism, we know how little our leaders care about nature and how they have been exploiting our resources for decades now. we know it is already too late to ban petroleum and we all have seen how the leader of the world's most powerful country acted when it was his turn to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we all have been fed the lie that people are in control of their governments, this lie was fed to us by a system which is in place for thousands of years now.
When I see Greta Thunberg I see an innocent kid who has yet to face the harsh realities of the world, she doesn't know how the system works, and she doesn't know how rigged is the system. I actually envy her that she at least has some 'humanity' left in her, I am sorry Greta, you realized the truth too early, this is your age of having a decent childhood like every kid deserves,but you will have to live the knowledge of our impending doom, no kid deserves that, I am sorry it has to be this way. In 40-50 years there won't be anything left to save, it is already too late! it is already too late! The third industrial revolution was the last nail in our coffin, the world has already lost its first glacier to climate change, Ireland is witness to that and we still act like we don't care. Dear Greta, every adult you meet already knows what you have to say, you are not saying anything that the world hasn't already heard of. you are trying to teach morals to the people who have forgotten what it meant to be human a long time ago, you are dealing with monsters and slaves of the capitalist system here, historically the policies of climate conference date back to the 1960s and early 70s, yet in 2019 whatever favors the 'corporate America' is good for American people and hence the world, is still the core concept of U.S. foreign and domestic policies.
Look at us! the world is a mess If we survive and I think that may be a long shot--if you see An inconvenient truth.
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