Philip Imundi Greta Thunberg gained worldwide fame when, as a young girl, she stood in front of the Swedish parliament to raise awareness of climate change. Following those signs, she managed to activate an active movement throughout the world, especially in Europe, called Fridays For Future – demonstrations of young people who civilly protested against a planet in pain and a changing climate.
Greta Thunberg – From "Fridays for Future" to Political Activism
Greta Thunberg has since grown up and changed her approach to protest, taking it to a purely political level. Just look at how the activist moved in her first attempt to bring basic necessities to Gaza aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Just one episode, but it was enough to bring her back to the center of the news. In fact, she is no longer very visible in the media, except at climate conferences – such as COP31, where she launched warning and awareness messages against the climate crisis, admitting that "the planet is not dying" but on the contrary "it is being killed and we know well by whom".
In short, the young Swede has evolved in her way of doing activism, focusing more on big events and letting her main cause , the one that actually allowed her to gain fame, fade away.
Greta Thunberg mocks "idiots" and says "they still do it."
Greta Thunberg is among the protagonists of the documentary "On Tanks into the Climate Crisis – How Activism is Criminalized." In the scene that went viral on social media, she is seen at a table with two people: the interviewer and another young woman.
The interviewer reminds her of “Fridays for Future,” explaining that a demonstration is taking place in Berlin at that very moment. She responds —as reported by Il Secolo d'Italia— “Do they still do them?” and bursts into laughter, along with the other girl.
This behavior perhaps reveals the true hypocrisy of Greta Thunberg, who, having changed her approach, has forgotten her origins. It also shows a lack of respect for those young people who truly believe in the climate cause and who have elevated her to the status of a heroine . This unexpected and disappointing response could change the weight they assign her.