Re: The Climate Catastrophe. Jonathan Cook against leftist headbangers Archived Message
Posted by mack on September 29, 2019, 4:23 pm, in reply to "Re: The Climate Catastrophe. Jonathan Cook against leftist headbangers"
Why can't you answer yourself, seeing as you know so much? Ingmar Rentzhog is who you're talking about, I presume? What about the 'Madison avenue specialists' you invoked in another post? Who are they? And which NGO's? how much money? Your claims, but nothing to back them up? On Rentzhog: She continued, “A Swedish entrepreneur and businessman active in the climate movement, Ingmar Rentzhog, was among the first to arrive. He spoke with me and took pictures that he posted on Facebook. That was the first time I had ever met or spoken with him. I had not communicated or encountered him ever before.” Ms Thunberg said people “love to spread rumours saying that I have people ‘behind me’ or that I’m being ‘paid’ or ‘used’ to do what I’m doing” but that “there is no one ‘behind’ me except for myself”. “My parents were as far from climate activists as possible before I made them aware of the situation,” she said. “I am not part of any organisation. I sometimes support and co-operate with several NGOs that work with the climate and environment. But I am absolutely independent and I only represent myself. And I do what I do completely for free, I have not received any money or any promise of future payments in any form at all. And nor has anyone linked to me or my family done so.” Late last year, Mr Rentzhog was accused of using Ms Thunberg’s name to raise more than $1.5 million (10 million SEK) from investors in the company, which donates just 10 per cent of its profits to a charitable fund. In October, he had asked her to sit on the Youth Advisory Board of We Don’t Have Time. He then used her name more than 11 times in promotional materials for a share issue announced on November 27, Svenska Dagbladet reported. According to the newspaper, the prospectus promised investors the company could be “extremely profitable” by creating viral environmental content to pull in money via digital ads from green-aligned firms. Ms Thunberg’s father told Svenska Dagbladet that Mr Rentzhog had never informed the family her name would be used. “No, we haven’t received any information about that. Neither has Greta,” he said. “It is unfortunate if she was used commercially. But she hasn’t known anything about this. None of us have known this.” In a statement in February, the company — which is aiming to build a climate-oriented social network with 100 million users — said it rejected accusations of exploiting Ms Thunberg but apologised for “miscommunication”. “We failed to inform the Thunberg family in advance that Greta would be mentioned in our financial prospectus, a document aimed at raising funds for the company,” Mr Rentzhog said in the statement. and Ms Thunberg stepped down from the company’s Youth Advisory Board in the wake of the revelations from https://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/companies/the-pr-guru-behind-the-rise-of-greta-thunberg/news-story/fae7bd1704d58e8ff0dd4d93ec0b3560 Seems to any sane observer that Rentzhog saw an opportunity and took it, but it's dangerous to infer motive. However, the question begging to be asked is: why would it be wrong to use the tool of PR to get a message across? Can publicity only be for bad players? On the subject of direct action, which you say is the only way to make a difference: the Thunbergs have given up owning a private car, given up flying, gone vegetarian and then vegan. Does this constitute direct action? I'd say it does. What have you done Chris, did you give up flying?
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