• Strider@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I used to think that. However, we’ve had lots of peaceful protests and whatnot.

    That did not seem to do anything and time ran out awhile ago.

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      5 months ago

      Peaceful protests are promoted by those in power as the ultimate form of expression because it’s completely inconsequential to them and easily ignored.

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      6 months ago

      I am with you on that point. And I didn’t mention stuff like road blocks, because I see them related to the issue and they may yield some results.

      But a large part of the population oposses the last generation and in extension what they are trying to do.

      Not that I have a good solution.

      I am nearly 40 now, and fighting in this fight since I am 16. I know how much was done and that nothing happened on a political layer.

      But giving politicians such a large attack surface by committing serious crimes (and braking onto the airfield of an airport is a serious crime) is not very smart

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        6 months ago

        The idea of last generation is to bring up the climate crisis on a regular bases. They are actually extremely good at it. Seriously they got more articles written about them, then Fridays for Future got at their peak.

        I honestly believe them turning on hitting the rich, rather then more average Germans is a smart move though. The general sympathy towards people flying private jets is rather limited.

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          5 months ago

          Oh, there I am with you! 100%

          It’s a petty that it is rather hard to burn those private machines down …

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        5 months ago

        I’m a bit past 40 and experience shows me that nothing has worked so far. I don’t have a solution either.

        If there is one though, I am pretty sure it’s not peaceful.