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.
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.
ReplyDeletePlus. All Fridays matter. ;)