• Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 days ago

    I have to say I don’t get this. They keep trying again and again but to what end. There’s no way this will change anything. The navy will intercept them, maybe kill some people in the process, dump the food and sent them back home. It all feels like a huge waste of manpower, resources and time.

    But by this point I’m wondering if Greta feels like she’s achieving much with the make noise strategy. I feel like that could work in a world that cares which ours increasingly is not that. She could attain more by going into politics for example. But dying in the sea on her way to a brick wall would be a huge loss that I can’t follow the logic of.

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      14 days ago

      It makes it undeniably obvious that the point is genocide. It points out Israel’s blatant lies in a way that no breathing human can deny.

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        14 days ago

        Again this is my opinion, everyone who cares about it already knows beyond a shadow of a doubt what this is, everyone else will continue to attempt confusion and deny it until theres no living resident in Gaza. I disagree that this particular action would change anything in terms of anyone’s perception on the lies.

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      14 days ago

      It all feels like a huge waste of manpower, resources and time.

      Go ahead and explain to us a better way

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        14 days ago

        I already did in broad terms. I would target politics, start a party or movement, grab power, votes and influence, take the helm and actually enact policy and put pressure where it hurts. Even this flotilla would make a lot more sense if it would be a marketing stunt to gain something else, but it really does seem to be limited to exposure which is not enough, everyone already knows the tragedy that is happening and yet those who can actually decide have said time and time again we can all get fucked.

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          14 days ago

          There’s politics and establishment politics.

          What Greta is doing is a political act, it raises global awareness, which puts pressure on politicians to act or risk losing their offices to folks who will.

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            14 days ago

            I guess the root issue with this is that they don’t act and if they lose their office to someone else those people also don’t act, at least not in the interest of the people. So we would need someone who actually acts instead of just talks and promises and I feel like Greta would be one of those people.

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              13 days ago

              Don’t get me wrong I would love to see her run for office. I think it would need to be something with authority though to do as much good as she is now.

              Like Prime Minister or whatever they call the top position in her country.

              Even if she didn’t win, she could move the needle a lot.

              But that’s just one country, what she’s doing now moves the hearts and minds of folks globally.

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          14 days ago

          I already did in broad terms. I would target politics, start a party or movement, grab power, votes and influence, take the helm and actually enact policy and put pressure where it hurts.

          These activists must be really stupid to put their life at risk when they can simply win elections, grab power and change policies…