Well....yeah.
N-TV had a piece today....which centered on Greta Thunberg getting hyped up and negative about Black Friday shopping.
The Greta kids on trying to halt such shopping? Normally, on every Friday, the Greta-kids in Germany run a strike-program and walk out of classes at noon.
So in some major cities....they showed up strike at shopping districts in Germany.
The chief quote from Greta: "Overconsumption is destroying current and future living conditions and the planet itself. Don't buy stuff you don't need."
The problem with this action? I would suggest three issues:
1. Storefronts in Germany have suffered greatly in 2020, and some are on the marginal end of bankruptcy. Having some know-nothing 14-year old kids striking and preventing business with a down-and-out store....is not that brilliant.
2. Once you bring up this stupid topic of 'don't buy stuff you don't need'....why can't I suggest that most 14/15 year old kids don't need 120 Euro Nike shoes, or a 300-Euro cellphone, or some 35-Euro a month cellphone plan?
If my kid brought up this topic.....I would move real quick to downsize their 'stuff' situation.
3. Finally, a lot of Germans are at the limits of their patience with Covid-19. It's been a miserable year....bars are shut down.....social life is non-existent. The last thing you really want to hear is some 14-year kid trying to give you Greta-hype and then blocking your entry into a store. This could easily flip into a violent situation with some German adults finally lecturing the kids in a way that they've never seen before.
More to come over the month of December? More than likely.
1 comment:
As long as they're consistent good on them. The best thing they could all do to improve the world is delete and abstain from all social media.
Plus. All Fridays matter. ;)
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