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.

    • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      they used biodegradable paint, because they anticipated comments on the internet like the one you have made, complete with an ad hominem attack. the boat didnt need to be repainted.

      where would you like them to “plant trees” in the meaningful way you would prefer these “idiots” to do? In the acres of land they happen to own that they can reforest with native species, yes? Perhaps you should contact them to remind them about the land they own that they’ve forgotten about.

      what they’re doing is getting headlines and drawing attention to how “billionaires should not exist”, which they’ve done. People are seeing this, people are thinking about it, people are talking about it, people are taking time to hot-take simple solutions to the climate emergency like “them idiot protesters should go plant some meaningful trees”

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        1 year ago

        And what does that do… create more waste in float around the ocean along with a bunch of gas. Depending on now it’s done, the crew may also die, their only crime was working to put food in their table. The people who did it go to prison for a bunch of crimes, potentially including murder. Then the rich person just has their assistant buy a new yacht, this time docked in a hard to reach place with armed guards.

        This isn’t Flight Club. Project Mayhem is not the way forward.

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      1 year ago

      What if instead of shitting on people that are trying to support your cause, you instead try to kindly guide them or show them how you see things.

      Especially considering you’re supposed to be a wookie Mr. >:(

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      1 year ago

      It’d be better if we didn’t have to replant the trees they cut down in the first place.