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In reply to the discussion: Greta Thunberg says it's 'strange' Biden is considered a leader on climate change [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)It wasn't a question about whether Biden is better than the Republicans. He's not "inspirational", he's just pragmatic. She also pointed out that Sweden isn't counting its emissions properly, and criticised that.
This is a Democratic chat room. Of course it's nice for us to get warm fuzzy feelings about Democrats, but you can't expect her, being interviewed by the Washington Post, to think "I need to cheer up the American Democrats by doing a bit of PR for Biden". She says in the interview that part of her Asperger's syndrome is being blunt about things.
"Youve quipped that if more people had autism or Aspergers maybe we would do better in focusing on the climate crisis and not continuing to justify the trade-offs in our own minds.
Of course not to romanticize autism or say that people should have autism. Because, under the wrong circumstances, autism can be something that holds you back. But I think that there are definitely many elements of what makes you autistic that more people should have. For example, us not having as much cognitive dissonance and being able to focus on facts, its a good thing. And being able to focus on an emergency and actually treat it as an emergency.
It feels like many today neurotypical people, people in general are so focused on following the stream, doing like everyone else, because they dont want to stand out. They dont want to be uncomfortable. They dont want to cause any problems. They just want to be like everyone else. And I think thats very harmful in an emergency where we are social animals. Were herd animals. In an emergency, someone needs to say that were heading towards the cliff. And everyone is just following, saying like, Well, no one else is turning around, so I wont either. That could be very dangerous."