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[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 55 points 1 year ago

No offense. Just a genuine question. Where do activists like Greta get income or the money to travel or just for day to day living? Especially considering she has been doing this since a young age.

Pls don't take my comment as in a bad light. I'm the same age as her so I always wondered. The answer could be NGO's collecting donations but I'm not sure.

[-] Conyak@lemmy.tf 48 points 1 year ago

Her father is an actor and her mother an opera singer who has won Eurovision. They are wealthy.

[-] tb_@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

article

It mentions her donating earnings from books she sells as well as award prizes to NGO's, and it mentions her travelling on her parents' dime.

Those award prizes can go into the 6 and 7 figures, apparently.

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I bought her book so sure that helped. Give me a link and I will donate to. She doing good work. Wish she could be charge of her government. She the type of world leaders we need.

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 28 points 1 year ago

Organizations like Fridays for Future are funded by donations and part of the money goes towards protests and publicity. I assume they allocate some money to have these prominent people present.

[-] sunbytes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

She might get paid for interviews etc.

Or she might just have a patreon or something.

[-] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Her parents are incredibly wealthy.

It's a complaint many have with her. She comes from the same class of people that are responsible for most of the problems of the world. It's genuinely off-putting but there's really not that many choices out there for people with this amount of influence and money who are willing to take up this fight.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 year ago

Andrew tate on lemmy?

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

She's Illuminati. She was born into it. Only an illuminati kid would be given such a huge international platform.

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

Umm guys this is most probably satire

[-] Bgugi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's the great thing about the Internet... You can never be sure.

[-] chocosoldier 1 points 1 year ago

more people in my local community irl believe in the literal world-controlling illuminati than not; i can easily believe this is someone stating their actual position, and in fact i'm surprised i haven't yet heard this take from a local.

the purpose of satire to highlight an issue. satire that can't be distinguished from a real person speaking their mind is failed satire.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

She's Illuminati

Of like to hear the "reasoning" behind this statement.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd like

Swipe typing mistake.

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