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She's right.
the full quote, which is actually quite accurate and succinct:
"Because of racism, that's the simple answer I would say. Racism, and uh, basically, desperately trying to defend a destructive deadly system, that systematically puts short term economic profit, and to maximize geopolitical power, over the well being of humans and the planet. And right now it's very very difficult to morally defend that, it is impossible, but still, they are desperately trying which is... absurd is not the word, but there are no words to describe it."
I love that Greta's very existence triggers the right. You may not agree with her methods, but it's undeniable that she gets attention on the issues she finds important. She's doing more than me and anyone I know for issues I find important, and I admire her for that.
It's sad that this statement is true to the core, but I've seen statements and videos of Israelites literally claiming that Palestinians are not considered human. They are considered beneath, or less than human due to their belief, and that is how they are justifying their ethnic cleansing of the area.
Dehumanizing is always the first step. Male them less than human and the people will let you abuse them. Once they get used to that, you can demonize the next group, and it will be even easier to get the rubes on board.
It's a damn injustice that they clipped that quote down to "racism".
I mean....is it?
Sure, the extended quote gives more reason and specific examples and highlights the moral bankruptcy of an economic system which never benefitted anyone but its own elite, and now has to cannabilize its values and populace to perpetuate its own existence even as it erodes under the weight of its own demand for consumption and profit while shedding every ounce of legitimacy like a rabid dog shaking off fleas...
but if you weren't raised as a middle class or above white person in the West, you already knew it was racism.
THIS is what you consider an injustice? Pathetic.
Go drink some water, pal. I thought it was a very well worded statement, and stripping it down like so really robbed it of a lot of its potency, imo. It's fine to disagree with me, that's your business, but to extrapolate that I consider this narrow quoting to be the injustice of injustices in this world is a little goddamn silly.
I don't disagree with you; and I agree that it was well-worded. I just think it's a pathetic use of the word.