[fromthestart]

>It's interesting to see how some factions are now claiming that Greta is merely a puppet, following some hidden power's agenda

Please. She's a 16 year old child with no evidence of any particularly exemplary understanding of climate change or its impact on the world. She clearly has support from people with deep pockets, and the fact that they've chosen an approximately average child to deliver this message shows that they're elevating appeal to pathos over logos. You may agree with what she's advocating for, but that doesn't change the fact that this is literally propaganda, and choosing such a condescending messenger is going to turn off a lot of the people whose minds you're trying to change - and rightly so, I don't think adults should allow themselves to be shamed by children into making decisions.

[Hamuko]

Oh no, a 16-year-old child with a basic understanding of climate change. This must be the work of the fucking Freemasons!

[papermachete]

Why listen to a child, specifically, and not the scientists themselves? Unless it is another attempt to portrey kids as the symbol of purity and truth.

[RhysU]

Regular or irregular?

[kalado]

"I don't think adults should allow themselves to be shamed by children into making decisions"

She might be right but I am older so it doesn't matter. /s

The truth is that you don't need any exemplary understanding or expertise to understand that if 99% of the scientific population in the whole world are screaming about climate change, backed by literally decades of research, you might just accept that, instead of living in your barricaded fragile ego because children are smarter than you.

Also, support from people with deep pockets? All institutions with deep pockets lose money by reducing their emissions. That is the most illogical backwards conspiracy i've ever heard.

[ryacko]

If what you're saying is true, isn't it crazier that no major media outlet is stating who her backers are?

[env123]

Most of the times, the ones with the fundamental understanding are the most sensible. KISS principle - Keep it simple, stupid!