Her statement:

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And now democrats hate Greta Thunberg, blame everything on Russia and love Liz Cheney.

Anyone notice a pattern?

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  • Greta: what? What are you talking about? Neolibs: sure, they hate her. Most reasonable, intelligent leftists? They’re basically cheering her on, myself included.
  • Russia: not everything, but the fact that the guy running Russia - who not only orchestrated false flag attacks on his own country to help get into power, but also was a KGB agent who worked very closely with the GDR’s Stasi in the late Cold War - is and has been using the Russian foreign intelligence apparatuses to conduct extremely aggressive foreign influence and espionage campaigns for DECADES should not come as a surprise.
  • Liz Cheney: I and many other leftists categorically detest her politics. But the reason I still respect her to a degree is that she’s come out staunchly against fascism, and it cost her her whole political career to do it. I will always respect someone who stands against fascism, even when it costs them ENORMOUSLY in a personal and professional sense.

There’s nuance here, and you’re intentionally ignoring it.

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Gee thanks Greta, that’s what we need right now. We are all aware and disappointed with our options.

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Here’s a lil’ secret for ya: Affecting change requires you to apply continued pressure. Only when single voices become a chorus will the powerful listen. So yes, Greta is saying what we all you already knew. But that’s a good thing. The more say it, the bigger the pressure.

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Greta saying it means it on longer has any traction.

She’s a harbinger of the rich doing nothing about a problem.

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The rich do nothing about a problem by default.

Well you can’t take the effect and make it the cause

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Here’s a better secret for ya: start screaming like hell after Harris gets elected, giving us 4 more years to figure out how to get rid of trump before he runs again in 2028.

Pressure is only good when it’s applied appropriately, otherwise you crush it.

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Trump isn’t going to make it to 2028. I’ll be surprised if he lives to see 2026.

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to everyone downvoting this…look in the fucking mirror.

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If liberals had any self awareness they’d be democratic socialists.

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Greta was very passionate and convincing as a teenager pleading for action on climate change. She’s not very educated beyond this

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Not helping, Greta.

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