Greta Thunberg says she has daily ‘laughing attacks’ and says her Asperger’s helps her see through ‘bulls**t’
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Greta Thunberg says it's time to overthrow the West's 'oppressive' capitalist system
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環保少女稱將“致力於推翻資本主義”：發達國家一邊積累財富，一邊破壞環境
郭肖謔 2022-11-03 來源：觀察者網
據每日電訊報當地時間2日報道，上周日晚，“環保少女”格蕾塔·通貝裏在倫敦的新書發布會上宣布，她將致力於擊垮西方“壓迫性”的資本主義製度。在她看來，“發達國家通過殖民主義、帝國主義、種族滅絕等方式達到積累財富的目的，卻導致氣候崩潰。”
周日，通貝裏在位於倫敦的皇家節日大廳為自己的新書《氣候之書》做宣傳，該書收錄了不同專家關於氣候問題的看法，約100篇文章。報道稱，在演講階段，她“冒險進入此前她一直避免談及的政治領域。”
她呼籲西方進行“係統性的變革”，認為目前世界如今的“常態”被強權者支配，並最終導致了氣候崩潰，“我們再也無法回歸正常了，因為‘常態’早已到了危急關頭，我們如今所說的‘常態’是一種建立在對人類和地球予以剝削的極端體係之上。那些所謂的發達國家，通過殖民主義、帝國主義、壓迫和種族滅絕定義了這個體係，從而達到了積累財富的目的，而這個體係仍在塑造我們當前的世界秩序。”
在她看來，“如果經濟增長是我們唯一的優先選項，那麽我們現在所經曆的應該是我們所期待的生活。”演講中，通貝裏宣布，以後，除了解決她一貫致力於解決的氣候問題，她還將致力於擊垮西方的“壓迫性”資本主義製度。
她補充道，氣候危機“根源於種族主義和壓迫，它通過剝削人類和地球，實現了少數人的短期利益最大化。”
在當晚的問答環節，她再次表示，“我們需要改變一切，因為我們的現行製度正與人類、文明的未來發生衝突。”
會議中，通貝裏還透露，出於多種原因，她不會出席本月在埃及舉辦的COP27氣候峰會，並稱該大會是一個“洗綠”的場合。（“洗綠”指相關企業偽裝成“環境之友”，試圖掩蓋對社會和環境的破壞，以此保全和擴大自己的市場或影響力。）
每日電訊報評價稱，通貝裏本次表達的這些觀點比過去更激進。
聽完通貝裏的這番發言，美國作家邁克爾·謝倫伯格直接急了。謝倫伯格在Twitter上直接點名了通貝裏，並連發多條帖子鼓吹資本主義的好處。
謝倫伯格還提到了如今歐洲正在經曆的能源危機，認為這是通貝裏導致的，“由於通貝裏對天然氣發起的戰爭，今年將是煤炭銷量創紀錄的一年，歐洲人正在通過焚燒垃圾和木柴取暖。
謝倫伯格最後聲稱，通貝裏反對資本主義的本質是對環境問題的漠視，“很明顯，她不是真的關心氣候變化或者環境，如果是的話，她不會尋求推翻資本主義，而是會想辦法讓資本主義擴張到所有存在壓迫的地方。”
2018年，15歲的通貝裏在自己的國家瑞典發起為氣候罷課的抗議活動引發全球媒體關注，一夜成名。美國總統拜登、法國總統馬克龍、加拿大總理特魯多等人在社交媒體上與其積極互動，通貝裏也在多種國際場合一次次拋出更加激進的環保措施。
2019年，《時代》周刊將通貝裏評選為2019年度人物。同年，她入選2019全球最具影響力女性榜。一些西方媒體直接稱呼她是“全球氣候變化發言人”。
曾被西方媒體和政客一路“捧”上神壇的通貝裏，如今麵臨的處境相當尷尬，為減少碳排放吆喝了好幾年，如今卻“裏外不是人”。
此前就有瑞典的議員要求調查格蕾塔與俄羅斯一家非政府組織的關係，該組織在 2019-2021年曾直接從俄羅斯外交部的預算中獲得撥款。
稍後，俄羅斯外交部發言人在社交平台甩出通貝裏與美國總統拜登、法國總統馬克龍、加拿大總理特魯多等人的互動，建議“瑞典活動人士”把這些“關係”都查查，看看是不是都是俄外交部出資的，或者僅僅是，利用完這個女孩和所謂的綠色經濟之後，西方政權要把兩者都拋棄了？”
紮哈羅娃稱，她覺得有必要向人們解釋下為什麽西方主要國家當局計劃重啟燃煤發電廠，在此之前他們因為拒絕使用化石燃料而關閉了那些發電廠。
2021年，俄羅斯總統普京曾在莫斯科舉辦的一個能源論壇上評價通貝裏，稱其可能被成年人利用，“沒有人向通貝裏解釋，現在這個世界是複雜而多樣的，在非洲和許多亞洲國家的人們也想和瑞典人一樣富有”，“當有人為了個人利益利用兒童和青少年時，應該受到譴責”。
Greta Thunberg says it's time to overthrow the West's 'oppressive' capitalist system
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Greta Thunberg has lashed out at the West's obsession with capitalism in a scathing rant during a sit down chat in London to promote her new book.
The 19-year-old Swedish activist called on everyone to help tear down the system that she believes is responsible for the climate crisis we find ourselves in today.
Thunberg said the Western world is in need of a 'system-wide transformation'.
The teenage activist said: "We are never going back to normal again because ‘normal’ was already a crisis.
"What we refer to as normal is an extreme system built on the exploitation of people and the planet.
"It is a system defined by colonialism, imperialism, oppression and genocide by the so-called global North to accumulate wealth that still shapes our current world order."
Thunberg added that if economic growth is the only priority of our global leaders, then 'what we are experiencing now should be exactly what we should be expecting'.
The Swedish activist spoke at London’s Royal Festival Hall to launch her new published work called The Climate Book.
The book is described as the 'essential handbook for making it happen' when it comes to saving the Earth.
In her speech, she added that her generation is prepared to fight for what is right and to tackle the wrongs of their predecessors.
"We are still here, and we are not planning on going anywhere," she said.
"Young people all over the world are stepping up, showing that our leaders messed with the wrong generation."
During a question and answer section of the event, Thunberg added: “We need to change everything because right now our current system is on a collision course with the future of humanity and the future of our civilisation”.
Her words came after the activist dubbed the UN's climate conference COP27 as a 'colossal scam'.
"I’m not going to COP27 for many reasons, but the space for civil society this year is extremely limited," she said.
"The COPs are mainly used as an opportunity for leaders and people in power to get attention, using many different kinds of greenwashing."
Greenwashing is the process of companies or countries exaggerating their commitment to tackling climate change.
Given the incredibly pressing nature of the climate crisis, Greta said: "As it is, the COPs are not really working, unless, of course, we use them as an opportunity to mobilise, which we must try to do, and make people realise what a colossal scam this is."
She isn't wrong.
Watching the world's superpowers fly to a conference to talk about climate change sounds like like the start of a Monty Python sketch.
Topics: Greta Thunberg, Global Warming, Environment, UK News
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Greta Thunberg has challenged the perception that she’s an ‘angry teenager’ and says those closest to her know differently.
The 19-year-old climate change activist surprisingly rose to fame when she was a schoolgirl and became the face of school strikes.
Thunberg has said becoming a climate change activist has given her life ‘purpose’ and ‘something to do’ - but her approach has prompted some to believe she’s constantly angry.
Former US President Donald Trump once sarcastically tweeted that the teen ‘seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future’ after seeing part of an impassioned speech she gave at a climate change summit.
However, in a new interview with Elle, Thunberg has spoken about her ‘angry’ image and how it’s not at all accurate.
“People seem to think of me as an angry teenager,” she told the publication. “They obviously haven't met me. At least two or three times a day I get laughing attacks where I can't breathe. It can be anything. If I’m in a room with people, they suddenly realise I’m not breathing and ask me if I’m OK and it’s because I can’t stop!”
Over the years, Thunberg has spoken at numerous climate change events including the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, which was attended by politicians from across the globe.
The teen reckons her Asperger’s Syndrome helps her quickly get to the truth of the matter and cut through the soundbites often given by politicians when it comes to climate change.
She said: “It’s helped me see through a lot of the bulls**t because they say, ‘Oh yeah, we’re not in line with the Paris Agreement so far, but at least we’re taking small steps in the right direction.’
"Some people might see that as though we’re trying, but I see it as we’re so far away from what we need to be doing for even the bare minimum.”
The activist, who is releasing The Climate Book this month, said her key point is that people shouldn’t listen to her (which is somewhat ironic considering she often gives speeches to an audience), but instead believe in the experts - something that has been a constant theme of the past couple of years.
She said: “Listen to the scientists, listen to the experts, listen to those who are most affected.
“I could talk about all these things, but I am a privileged white person who lives in Sweden. I don't really have any story to tell, so it's up to others who need to be heard to [talk about] these things.”
Topics: Greta Thunberg, Global Warming
Jeremy Clarkson Says Greta Thunberg Deserves A 'Smacked Bottom'
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Jeremy Clarkson has hit out against Greta Thunberg's appearance at the global Glasgow climate summit.
The TV presenter described the Swedish activist as an 'annoying bucket of ego' for trying to offer advice on how to fix the planet.
World leaders, dignitaries and experts all flew to Scotland last week to talk about the best approach to tackling climate change and Greta held multiple protests outside COP26.
In his latest column for The Sunday Times, Clarkson said: "I simply don't get the Thunberg phenomenon.
"She has no knowledge of how the world works, no manners and no letters after her name because instead of going to school, she's been busy sailing round the world so she can be mardy and abusive to grown-ups.
"What she needs is a smacked bottom."
He agreed with Greta that the whole idea of COP26 was kind of pointless because he believes regular folk are already aware of what needs to be done to prevent or at least limit the impact of climate change.
At one point during the summit, Greta was seen at Festival Park in Govan chanting: "You can shove your climate crisis up your a**e, you can shove your climate crisis up your a**e!
"Change is not going to come from inside there - that is not leadership, this is leadership. We say no more blah blah blah, no more exploitation of people and nature and the planet.
"No more exploitation. No more blah blah blah. No more whatever the f**k they are doing inside there."
Clarkson admits this sentiment 'struck a chord' with him because he reckons 'the people outside knew what had to be done and could just get on and do it'.
But don't think for a second that the former Top Gear host is slowly warming to Greta Thunberg's activism.
He wrote: "Here's a tip, Greta: lecturing me on what needs to be done is pointless. It'd be like standing in my bedroom every morning ordering me to wear clothes. I know already.
"What you should be doing instead is cycling to countries where people are perhaps less well aware of what should be done. China for example.
"That I'd like to see. Greta standing outside Zhongnanhai with her parka and her Glastonbury backpack and her microphone, lecturing the leaders about their policies on coal and trees and so on."
Topics: Greta Thunberg, News, Jeremy Clarkson
Just Stop Oil protester says she’d be willing to leave her son and go to jail
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A Just Stop Oil protester has said she would be prepared to go to jail as she’s fighting for her son’s future.
The mum, whose son is almost seven, said she would ‘try very hard’ to not get banged up but said the time for ‘standing by’ and watching his future be ‘stolen’ had passed.
Campaigning group Just Stop Oil has pulled a number of bizarre and attention grabbing stunts in recent weeks, including chucking chocolate cake at the King Charles waxwork in Madam Tussauds and throwing soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers.
Lora Johnson, a spokesperson for Just Stop Oil, appeared on LBC where she spoke to Nick Ferrari about her reasons for protesting.
She told him: “I’m just a mother. I’m here standing up for the future of my son.
“Did you know 100,000 people die every year in the UK because of air pollution. That’s eleven people an hour. What about the families of those eleven people an hour?”
Referencing previous Just Stop Oil protesters who have been sent to prison, Ferrari asked if Johnson would be willing to go to jail in the name of protest.
To which she replied: “I’m a single mum so I’m going to try very hard not to [go to prison] but the time for standing by and watching my son’s future be stolen from him has gone. So, you can join in civil resistance against a corrupt government without getting arrested.”
When pushed further on whether she’d be prepared to do time for the cause, she added: “I would find that personally heartbreaking as would my son, but it would be something I’m willing to do, because I want him to have a future.”
Johnson also admitted to having previously taken illegal action but stressed she wouldn’t be doing that again as she didn’t want to be jailed and taken away from her young son.
She added: “I have done things that are illegal and I won’t be doing that anymore but I will be protesting and I will be joining in civil resistance.”
When asked why she’d stopped doing anything illegal, she replied: “Because I don’t want to risk being remanded in prison. I don’t want to. If it happens, it happens. But I won't be doing anything illegal for that to be happening - but I will be joining civil resistance against the government.”
Topics: UK News, Global Warming, Crime
Greta Thunberg says her Asperger's Syndrome helps her cut through people's 'bulls**t'
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Greta Thunberg has opened up about the public's perception of her and revealed how her Asperger's Syndrome has helped her during her climate activism.
The Swedish 19-year-old rose to global fame after organising climate strikes and refusing to go to school.
She's spent the last few years ruffling feathers around the world with her activism.
Now, she has sat down with Elle UK to reflect on the whirlwind of becoming a social, cultural, and environmental icon, all before finishing her education.
"People seem to think of me as an angry teenager – they obviously haven't met me," Thunberg told Elle UK.
"At least two or three times a day I get laughing attacks where I can't breathe. It can be anything."
The teen also spoke candidly about living with Asperger's syndrome.
The condition sits on the autism spectrum and can make people who have it perceptively socially awkward.
But not Thunberg.
In fact, she sees it like her own special superpower.
She told the British magazine that her Asperger's helps her cut through 'the bulls**t' in life, politics, and activism.
But she stressed that she has always had a simple message when it comes to the climate: "Don't listen to me."
"Listen to the scientists, listen to the experts, listen to those who are most affected," she told Elle UK.
"I could talk about all these things, but I am a privileged white person who lives in Sweden. I don't really have any story to tell, so it's up to others who need to be heard to [talk about] these things."
Thunberg shot to international fame in August 2018 during the run-up to Sweden's general election.
She decided to stop going into classes at her school in order to draw attention to the climate crisis.
That particular year saw Sweden hit by heatwaves and wildfires, and was the hottest summer in the Scandinavian country since records began 260 years ago.
Her continued action saw her take a gap year from school to tour the world to rally for change.
She eventually returned to her education at 17 and she's since graduated.
Greta posted an image on her first day back, captioned with: "My gap year from school is over, and it feels so great to finally be back in school again!"
Even though school may be over, the fight for the climate isn't.
Thunberg is releasing a memoir to detail her experiences with the climate revolution.
Grab your copy of The Climate Book when it's released on October 27.
Topics: Greta Thunberg, News, Health, Politics
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