I disagree --- Ultimately politicians in democracies can only do so much. Their words are what prompts voters to demand change and accept policies. Simply changing policies risks being voted out of office and throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

I'm not sure what Greta would like politicians to do, precisely. Some politicians are fans of photo-ops (the Dutch PM used to commute by bicycle, for example) but at the end of the day the impact of politicians in real terms is a drop in the ocean.

Source author: André Xuereb andre.xuereb@um.edu.mt