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Talk by Erik (Fridays for Future)
at the climate strike on Apr 11, 2025Greetings to you, dear climate activists, politically engaged demonstrators, and people who care about the future.
We live in ugly times: Climate policy is considered unattractive. In the last federal election, 53.6 percent (votes from the Union, AfD, and FDP) voted to disregard our future. There’s no other way to put it.
Yes, I am angry. Angry at the current asshole society that is stealing our future. This planet, this world, is only borrowed from our children, and it is our duty to hand it over in the best possible condition – or at least it should be our duty. But at this moment, the fate of this world is being directed by actors like Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz, and Markus Söder, who have clearly stated that they do not care about our future and our well-being. They have sold the future of our children and grandchildren, and probably that of all humanity, to Blackrock.
The political debate is dominated by old white men whose feelings must not be hurt. Boomers who feel threatened in their so-called "masculinity" when they see a rainbow flag somewhere. Who feel restricted in their freedom when they can’t speed down the highway at 500 km/h, and cannot bear it when women determine what happens to their own bodies.
These are the voters – or rather, the conservative scum – for whom politics is being made today. People who only live in the here and now, living by the motto "Live fast, die young," leaving behind the biggest pile of crap possible for the children, while on television, Dieter Nuhr and Mario Barth are still making jokes about Greta Thunberg's braids.
But why are we here today? To send a signal to politics that they must finally do their job, that we will no longer be fooled by greenwashing and the fairy tale of green growth!
We call on the new government under Friedrich Merz to finally recognize reality and engage in effective climate protection.
This is about the future of humanity, and for that, we shout:
WE ARE HERE, WE ARE LOUD, BECAUSE YOU ARE STEALING OUR FUTURE! (literal translation of a demo shout)