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She started a protest and got thousands who followed her on the streets including scientists and politicians.
She's a lobby leader it's kinda normal for them to speak infront of parliament.
Her being a minor made her the darling of the press which also helped.
Now please share your theory.
I dont have one. I just thought it was strange. Normally people dont get any attention at all. You have thousands of people demonstrating over issues and they get almost zero attention. This girl was put on media, got a lot of support and attention and became some kind of a symbol. Why her?
People protest all the time and nothing happens.
Our memories are short and redundant news cycles endless, in addition to everything in our own lives to attend to. Greta and her family lived a fairly comfortable life, from what I understand (and I can have a faulty understanding), but her family loved her enough to make sacrifices to encourage her passion (I believe her mother gave up her career? Please correct me if I am wrong) which fortunately fell on climate justice, which naturally eventually led to social justice, since the poor and disenfranchised have the most to lose, first. This is a very bad rough summary so a few kilos of salt, please.