Toot link; transcript:
Greta Thunberg could have, by now, carved out a very comfortable life for herself as a liberal grifter-celebrity offering platitudes about personal responsibility at Davos. Instead she connected the dots between ecocide, capital, and empire, aiming squarely at the heart of the beast. And now fresh out of captivity she downplays her own suffering to recenter the urgency of aid to the Palestinian people. No wonder she’s hated by the fascist+lib coalition that rules this world.
Author: JP (@jpbreton@mastodon.social)
I’m sure they tell themselves they’re still advocating for the cause they believe in. They can probably justify tailoring the message a bit so that they don’t offend whoever’s paying them. But, they think they’re still more or less on message, and now someone’s helping them get the message out.
I don’t think most of them go into it thinking “I’m going to sell out now”. I think it’s more of a gradual process where they accept some money they desperately need to lend their credibility to a person or a company that needs help polishing their reputation. Then, over time, they just sell out a little more and a little more.