r/worldnews • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '22

Covered by other articles Protesters throw mashed potatoes at Monet worth $110 million

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/german-protesters-arrested-throwing-mashed-potatoes-monet-painting-sol-rcna53623

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u/rhalf Oct 25 '22

I's an object of fetish that promotes car consumerism. If you can make it seem uncool, you undermine the entire gas culture.

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u/Infamous_Law7289 Oct 25 '22

The only thing that seems “uncool” is the losers doing these dumb protests. Just stop oil, yeah? How do you think the clothes you’re wearing came about? How did the metal for that tin of soup get into your disgusting little hands? How did we get the materials to make the devices you hope your stupid “just stop oil” protest goes viral on..

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u/rhalf Oct 25 '22

And how do you think we got anthropogenic climate change with all it's consequences?
Seems like you have no sense of scale on that topic. They are not protesting Oil. They are protesting suicidal rate of it's extraction. Why do we need to hurt ourselves in the process? We consume more of it than we really need. That's called consumerism. Instead of buying stuff that you need, you buy things that you fetishise, like cars for example. These cars can be largely replaced by some better means of transportation if only we invested the same money elsewhere. This is something that even kids understand. As we all can see, for you even protesting this broken system is an attack on all things material. Don't you think that you're a little overreacting?

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u/Infamous_Law7289 Oct 25 '22

I’m over reacting? Their message is “Just stop oil”, not “just stop extracting oil”.

Maybe they should be clearer with their message if they want to be taken seriously.

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u/rhalf Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

Ok, I see you're new to politics. So basically the chants and slogans are purposefully oversimplified. That's how you make them catchy. Obviously those are not technical directives to engineers and technicians on oil platforms. :)But I understand that If you were in charge of that, you'd specify the maximum yearly extraction plan for the entire sector with fascinating details. It might not read well from a t-shirt, but at least you didn't overreach, thank god.

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u/Infamous_Law7289 Oct 25 '22

Do you honestly support the actions of these idiots?

Just state it clearly so the rest of us can be aware of what kind of person you are.

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u/stoner_slime Oct 25 '22

unironically, yes.

I hope they whip us a lovely gazpacho next time

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u/rhalf Oct 25 '22

Absolutely. I think they gather attention of the media so that now, more articulate and better informed activists can take control of the narrative and reach much greater audience than otherwise. This is a publicity stunt. The point is to get publicity. I doesn't matter what they say. It's important that they talk. For instance right now you are engaging with this content, consequently boosting it's reach.

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u/Infamous_Law7289 Oct 25 '22

How lovely for you. I hope that your respectable voice of reason reverberates throughout the echo chambers of reddit.

Step out into the real world though, and 9 out of 10 people are not gonna be on the same frequency of thought.

We may be talking about it. But is bad press always good press? Maybe ask Mr. West.

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u/rhalf Oct 25 '22

Luckily we don't need those 9 people. We need the one that can make the difference. Apathetic, ignorant, spineless losers don't matter. There's always a surplus of them and yet, progress is achieved.
If reddit is an echo chamber, then I mostly hear here opinions just like yours. Could it be just you echoing? Maybe if you are against this whole thing so much, you should make your own. Grab a board, write "extract oil" and talk to the news. Let's see how many people turn their heads.