A story as old as federated social media, in 3 parts
A story as old as federated social media, in 3 parts
> Greta Thunberg > @GretaThunberg [https://x.com/GretaThunberg/status/1852331823428247927] > > #UsaElection #USA2024 #StopArminglsrael #FreePalestine #ClimateJusticeNow > > This year we have seen many defining elections all over the world. On November 5th, It is time for one of the most powerful cou...
- Mod of !anarchism@slrpnk.net posts a great Greta Thunberg quote, but then tries to use it to justify not voting in the upcoming US election
- Multiple people point out that’s very clearly not what she meant
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Using your mod powers to decide who is allowed and not allowed to speak is not very anarchist of you, @mambabasa@slrpnk.net
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Anarchists believe in direct action and voting for a representative in a government is not really something anarchists typically believe in. Also Greta is not an American and really doesn't need to endorse one of your politicians one way or the other, she isn't advocating for voting, she is advocating for direct action. The fact that the thread on an anarchism board became about who to vote for and why is frankly off topic
She literally advocated for one of the two viable candidates...
She didn't quite say that. She said, both are bad but one is unequivocally a catastrophic danger to the entire world, with probably permanent destructive consequences to an already-dire situation.
Then someone else turned that around into a really good reason not to vote, somehow.
Then when people said that makes no sense at all, people like your parent comment came in and tried to say talking about voting has suddenly become off-topic.
Right, but contextually, knowing what we publicly know about Greta Thunberg, by stating that it's "probably impossible to overstate the consequences" of the election and further saying "Trump - is way more dangerous than the other," she's very clearly advocating for a certain candidate.
Regardless, I'm in agreement with you. She very clearly endorsed voting plus action.