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Totally agreed. They’ve managed to deal with Phase 1 and got the seat. But they now got to step up their game and go beyond activism. If not, they’ll just end up like Corbyn with a wasted opportunity.The message was delivered and recieved long ago - what needs to be done now is to work out what needs to be done, how and when. What Greta and her team need to be doing now is to help with that process - simply shouting over and over what the problem is will not help.
If she were at work, doubtless by now she would have been told by her manager “that is all very interesting, but you keep bringing me problems, what are the the solutions”.
There demands to date are things that come straight out of the junior school classroom - from people that are very idealist but have no idea of the consequences of what they are asking. As a result they demand the impossible and are then disappointed when it gets ignorred.
Her team have demanded that Siemens pull out of a contract to supply signalling equipment to an Australian coal mine. As a result her teen fans around Germany have been protesting outside Siemens offices. But do they appreciate the consequences - Siemens would be in breach and would have to pay penalties to the Australian company, Siemens workers would lose their jobs, the Australian mine would continue and just get another company to do the work. Germany is on the brink of recession and Greta’s team wants to hurt German businesses - which will drive Germany into deeper recession, and a country in recession will be less able to help on environment issues.
The problem with Greta’s team is that they come across as shouty activists - they keep repeating message but aren’t bringing any realistic help or suggestions to the table.
They have made their point by being shouty teenagers, they have elevated their position and status which has got them invited to the big tables. Now is the time to use that position to help form viable solutions - at the moment there is no sign of her team doing that which is why the ‘messenger is getting flak’.
Cheers,
Nigel