Climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged by British police on Wednesday after she and others were arrested at a protest outside a London hotel where an oil and gas conference was taking place.
  • Swim@lemmy.caEnglish
    215·
    1 year ago

    oh no, another fake arrest to keep her name in the 24/hr news cycle.

    • BrikoXOPMEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      The arrest is not fake, but the news coverage is the whole point, yes. That’s how activism works these days, as politicians doesn’t care, so you try to get people involved at a large scale.

      • Swim@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Exactly its staged, sad state of affairs when shareholder value is higher priority than the planet.