Greta has a supportive wealthy family background and was able to reach heights not attainable by most kids – or adults. With that foundation her tenacity found a successful outlet.
I’m not taking away from her achievements; but can’t ignore the base.
Contrast with your average 14 year old kid. It’s summertime, they’re playing Roblox, little brother does dances on tiktok, older boy does the dank memes, the girl’s roleplaying — and they hear about a right being taken away and, already in a position of limited power, here comes the SUPREME COURT decreeing yet another right gone.
and hey look, here’s the credit card of the main guy who pushed it through. Better be quick and don’t get caught because they’ll shut it down in a day or two.
Chaos for 24 hours or so.
Card gets shut down a day or two later.
Game over.
For some of these kids, this may be the only time they get involved like this, for others, it might be ongoing or MAYBE it’s the first of MANY actions – which successively get more significant over time.
It’s everybody’s first somewhere