China is Happy to Exploit Greta Thunberg

The designation of “expertise” is generally conferred because of someone’s education, training, or experience. Derek Jeter, after 20 years with the NY Yankees, has baseball expertise. The famous “Ragin’ Cajun” James Carville, running political campaigns since the mid-1980s, has political expertise.

Enter Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen and international climate activist. Greta was recently on CNN, invited as an “expert” panelist on COVID-19 and climate change.

The thing is, Greta Thunberg has no expertise—and not because of a lack of passion or effort. She is neither educated, nor experienced in the subject for which she claims expertise. Yet few young people are more internationally recognized for their work.

Children are ignorant. I mean “ignorant” in the very literal sense: without knowledge. The acquisition of knowledge requires the very thing children are incapable of possessing: time. Children can be smart, can be idealistic, can be motivated and full of leadership skills—all while still being very clearly ignorant.

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