2 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Independent
The Greta Thunberg enigma: A digital Joan of Arc or useful mascot?
Has young Swedish activist become a figurehead and cheerleader, always available for the adrenaline high of global agitprop?
We all remember that rather shy teenager who abandoned her classroom in Stockholm to protest for climate change awareness in 2018. Greta Thunberg, at 15, seemed the wisest person on the planet, and it would have taken a heartless crone not to be moved or impressed.
She later protested at the Swedish parliament, carrying a School Strike for Climate sign and handing out flyers. She vowed to continue her protests until her homeland was in compliance with the Paris Agreement, signed by the great, the good and blatantly insincere in 2015.
