Two things. The fury that Greta unleashes is so real, so deep within her, and so inspiring. Her speech before the United Nations brought tears to my eyes. The second is that people who disagree with her are afraid of her. So afraid that even though she is just a girl they treat her with such anger that you know she has them running for cover. She is right, and very soon, everyone will know it. As it stands the oceans are rising. There are heat waves that course through the water. The skies are less predictable and the wind and rain that form hurricanes will be common place. The coastlines as we know them will disappear and unless we start changing things right now, we are in in bigger and bigger trouble.
It is clear that the fury of youth will be the wave of momentum that will wash us towards change, just as it did in the late 1960's. She is one of many, but her fearlessness and ferocity makes her stand out above the rest. She has adoring eyes for those who have been working for the planet for decades. The picture of her with Jane Goodall is priceless. Everything they are thinking is so transparent that a caption if completely superfluous. She is the change I want to see in the world.
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