This is a bunch of Australian school students in Sydney attending a protest
against what they see is inadequate action by their government to address
climate change. They were ‘ordered’ not to protest by their Prime Minister,
Scott Morrison, who said:
"What we want is more learning in schools and less
activism in schools."
And the Resources Minister, Matt Canavan, said:
"The best thing you learn about going to a protest is
how to join the dole [welfare] queue because that's what your future life will
look like."
So once again we have an example of senior politicians trying
to sound high and mighty, but only succeeding in condemning themselves with
their own stupidity.
To put it very simply: the future belongs to the young and it’s
about time the leaders started listening to them and taking them seriously. And
it’s becoming increasingly apparent, after all, that the young people get it;
the dinosaurs don’t.
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