"Like the other targeted artworks, the painting was not damaged by the stunt"
Unless you're referring to the 1914 vandalism the article mentions.
To equate those two things is disingenuous and offensive.
I don’t think literally everything else matters less. I don’t think there’s a simple “matters” scale.
Most crucially, an important cause in itself does not justify any means whatsoever.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/climate-protesters-campai...
Is that really the kind of attention we need to the problem? Some lunatics destroying master pieces?
> ...Like the other targeted artworks, the painting was not damaged by the stunt...
This means that the artwork was not actually damaged, which is also exactly what the person you replied to said, so this article doesn't back up your claim at all
Tesla started 15 years ago, which is when it needed to to push through all the incredible issues needed to be solved to have electric cars being viable.
We are seeing great breakthroughs in renewables, and - partly thanks to Putin, ironically possibly the top attention-raiser - in nuclear, as burning gas beats burning coal, but not when someone else can turn off the tap.
People glueing their hands to priceless paintings do not feature in any of these decades-long progressions. They convince no one who isn't already convinced, and put everyone else off.
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> The painting is unharmed – the action was planned knowing it was properly protected. But there’s still been a huge outcry with people asking: why attack art? Why go after something as precious as human creativity, culture and beauty?
They also did nothing right. Their stunt is 100% useless.
> We desperately need more attention on climate change or the human race will die out.
Yah, that's not even remotely true. Who is making you think that?
There could be disruption, people will have to change what is farmed where, people might need to move, animals will have different ranges.
But human race die out? Not in the slightest.
I don't think collapse of modern civilization within the next century is guaranteed, but it seems a dangerous level of possible.
No, none of that is going to happen. Humans are incredibly adaptable, and climate change is incredibly slow.
There will be change, and everyone will be just fine.
Imo renewable energy and and EVs are worthwhile because of air pollution, but we can do without the fearmongering about the world ending. Historically every time people have done that it was a load of BS
Venus would be inhabitable without a runaway greenhouse effect. That can happen here. No one knows the future. We should default on taking reasonable precautions.