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Spanish climate activists sprayed red paint across a superyacht owned by billionaire Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie in Barcelona on Friday, the second time the yacht has been the target of protests in the past two months.

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[-] Surp@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Oh no you cost them .0000005 seconds of their salary to fix it.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago

its about getting eyeballs on their message.

I've had traffic blocked while I was cycling to work by eco protesters and lamented they were targeting the wrong folks here- so they're doing what they can to target the right folks.

no matter what people do to try to draw attention to the right focus on the issue, there will always be thumb typers saying its wrong, so good work

[-] nora@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah but blocking traffic is just as valid. Frankly too many regular people just don't give a shit about climate change. We need to do anything to spread knowledge.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

I really disagree with this one. When people can't get to work and are therefore in trouble with the boss, or lose a client, they become angry with the people or factor that caused it. I have heard easily half a dozen people say they hate climate activists for this reason. It doesn't work.

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago

With the added bonus of letting these people know that them and their assets aren't as hard to get to as they like to think. Trust that this won't end with paint.

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