Mona Lisa Targeted by Climate Change Protester

Image copyright: AFP/Getty Images [via Forbes]

The Spin

Right narrative

Activism, especially of this kind, is almost invariably unproductive. This event will only reaffirm the suspicion of many that left-wing radicals are attacking classical culture and sets back the cause of climate activism by years in terms of public support.

Left narrative

Political leaders have spent too long congratulating themselves for watered-down and piecemeal commitments to act on climate change. We no longer have the luxury of time, and anger is the most viable and effective tool against the injustice of this failure. The protest in the Louvre reflects the public outrage we should all feel at climate inaction.

Metaculus Prediction

There's an 85% chance there will be at least 2˚C degrees of global warming by 2100 according to the Metaculus prediction community.


Political split

LEFT

RIGHT

More neutral political stance articles