Time And Greta Deserve One Another In The Zeitgeist Colored By Hypocrisy And Illiberalism

Time announced their Person of the Year and it's Greta Thunberg.

A know-nothing with some mental disorders who seems to think scolding and scaring people is the way to get 'action' on climate.

My thoughts on climate change movement is one that has evolved into a belief that it's part of a wider and larger problematic issue in the progressive universe.

Climate change is really just population control (a real, coordinated genocide perpetuated mostly against poor women) and system change by other means.

No right minded, level headed and informed person could possibly think banning straws, instituting inefficient carbon taxes, electric cars, renewables and other dubious plans can ever effect climate.

It's preposterous and irrational.

But this isn't a rational movement at this point.

In a previous point on charity I noted the left are big on rhetoric. Greta is the same but for climate.

Now. Before I go on. A word on people who think criticizing Greta is an 'attack on a chid'.

By what intellectual framework ('she's a child trying to do well' doesn't immune someone from scrutiny and is therefore not a framework) compels one to conclude such folly?

Right. There isn't one.

It's just an appeal to emotion and authority. In this case the emotion is 'she's a child and 'how dare you' is the appeal to an authority figure.

In this case, a 16 year-old.

Hope I got you thinking a little here.

One can criticize and even mock Greta because she chose to enter the public realm. She's demanding all sorts of dubious policies that could have serious repercussions to the economies that in some cases can be permanent.

Based on unsound science.

Not settled science as there is no such thing (anymore there is 'hate speech).

Unsound science based on easily refutable data.

Never mind that the prognostication record (including tying population control to climate change) is abysmally and frighteningly incorrect and poor. 



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Moreover, notice the rhetoric. The 'time has come!' and 'there can be no debate!' and 'the time for actions is now!'' and 'how dare you!' and 'denier' and so on. These aren't arguments. Their empty platitudes meant to scare a population into place to buy propaganda.

In politics, Democrats have taken to 'civilization can't risk another Trump term!'

My advice is whenever you see such hysterics, be skeptical. And be concerned.

One could even extend proper criticism to Greta's parents. Personally, I see a frightened girl who could use some help with her conditions. Feeding and enabling her fears is just about the worst thing you can do to a person afflicted with her conditions.

So here we are. Having learned absolutely sweet fuck all from history. This is a publication that made Hitler 'Person of the Year' and I'm sure Greta's nod will age just as well. Just like how the Nobel committee gave Arafat a peace prize despite his use of kids as human shields in war and to even protect him and his calculated pay to nix the 1993 Oslo Accords. He didn't want peace but naive Swedes bought his ruse just like they swooned over Obama handing him a peace prize prematurely. He then proceeded to become one of the most military engaged Presidents ever.

I've read that Time's POY isn't necessarily meant to be anything more than someone who is noteworthy.

Maybe. But you can't tell me there aren't more noteworthy people. If we had our noggins and intellectual compass properly calibrated, a personalize Greta is ignored. People would conclude that using kids for political purposes is wrong and can even be argued to be psychological abuse of children.

If we really did care about such things (in this case the environment), we'd hear more about Boyan Slat. A man who at 23 invented a system to rid the oceans of plastic - without scolding or calling for the destruction of Western economies like AOC's maniacal GND that could erase as much as $2.3 trillion in companies value.

Makes you wonder what exactly is the end game no?

In any event, he's actually contributing to humanity. Slat is a net benefit to humans and earth.

Al Gore and Greta, despite their fame and notoriety, have done little but profit of a fear mongering cottage industry.

Another strength of the left is to make use of pawns so long as the ends are justified.

Ironies and hypocrisy abounds. The story of humanity. The only thing that differs is how we process it.