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Helping other people -sometimes by putting yourself in active danger- is so..... selfish and privileged????

Seriously, I'd love to hear this person's idea of what someone with generational wealth should be doing to be a good person.

she could have easily become a liberal grifter. instead she puts her life at risk to help others. she's probably one of the best people on the face of the earth.

I really wish I could do what Greta does. I'm glad she does it for those of us who can't.

The biggest enemy of any leftist is a slightly different leftist

Criticising someone for trying to make the world a better place makes you the most pathetic loser on the face of the planet.

Using the phrase "useless activism" says everything we need to know about the poster.

How can you take her seriously when she doesn't even generate value for her capitalist overlords?

Have made a few searches on Greta Thunberg and her parents and they are not “rich”. They are better off than average in Sweden but calling them rich is a bit of a stretch.

I mean, yeah. That is a privilege. She is privileged to be able to be an activist.

People acting like "privilege" is some awful phrase is why MAGA types go out of their way to deny their privilege.

Doing what greta has done was never an option for me. But things I've done were never options for other people. And that doesn't make either of us bad people. Just lucky.

If you have the privilege to do whatever you want, hopefully "whatever you want" is positive and not punching down

Star of David and Monarchial Iran flag?

100% a Zionist troll, probably an IDF account.

Calling any kind of activism "useless" is pretty evil in my opinion.

Imagine saying that to Batman 😂

Here's the thing; if you remove the word "useless" from that statement, I have no issue with it (other than it being factually inaccurate that Greta's parents are "rich").

Yes, it would be the definition of privilege to be well off enough that you can spend your life focused on activism. And that's OK.

Having privilege is not a moral judgment. You're not a bad person because of it. It's just a fact of life. What's important is to understand your privileges. If she was going around moralizing at other people for not spending all their life on activism even though they've got bills to pay and kids to feed, that would be a shitty thing to do. But as the reply in the OP says, recognizing your privileges and using them to help those who are not fortunate in the same ways is exactly the behaviour we want to see more of, from everyone. That can be as simple as being the guy in the meeting who says "Hold on, I really want to hear what Sandra has to say" because you know she's being talked over. It can be a white person filming the cop as they arrest a black kid, because you know that your skin colour affords you a level of safety in that situation. You use the advantages you're given to help others.

And if she got a “real” job people would call her a nepo baby. There is no winning with these insane people. Not to mention she doesn’t even come from a rich family.

I mean, yes, she is privileged, but she's using that privilege to do some great stuff.

This is what some people don't get. Being privileged isn't inherently bad. It's not a choice you made, it's the circumstances of your birth, upbringing, and culture. The problems start when you deny your privilege and how it has effected your life, when you argue that your privilege is actually proof that you're better, when you think you should be given more privilege as a result, when you expect others to compete against what is a given for you, etc.

You know what isn't a problem with privilege? Using that privilege to project the voices of the un-privileged. Speaking truth to power. Using your famous name to boost a worthy cause. Putting your self in harms way so that the same abuse that would have happened to someone else without media focus can't be ignored. Standing up against villains, setting an example, and calling those in authority to action.

Anyone trying to reduce what this girl has done to rich white girl privilege needs to go brush your teeth. Your breath smells like bullshit.

She's supposed to be on a Yacht, not a protest flotilla.

And the wealthy all consider her activism a con-game because to them, empathy is just another resource that's exclusive to their class. The note of pity is genuine because they think she's wasting her life.

Christ I’m so disgusted with people scapegoating her with all of their worst-faith notions about political protest and activism. First of all she’s the most benign target of all time to go attack maliciously. Secondly, in their zeal to shit on her, people shit on the entire idea of civil protest and standing up against government and corporations for what you believe in. Even Trump dipshits should have an ounce of respect for that, no matter who you are.

Zionists hate her because she supports justice for Palestinians rather than staying silent

Some people spend half their life reposting propaganda on social media behind fake profiles for free. She at least owns up to her beliefs.

We need to give the Aperger's type of autistic people the power to rule.

Maybe as some kind of council, because you can still end up with an Elon if you're not careful.

She might have gotten bombed and tried to end a genocide and this user wants her to work...

This is one I rip on people for choosing to be a drone instead of someone that helps

That comment was pure jealousy

why is anyone using Xitter still?