Merkel $US 426K per year.

https://paywizard.org/salary/vip-check/angela-merkel

She's the Chancellor of a country with a multi-trillion dollar economy.

Paying politicians this low begs for corruption and egotists drunk on power.

Paying them millions begs for greedy bastards.

Prominent politicians like George Bush, Obama, Hillary and Pelosi made almost all of their fortunes from "speaking fees", book sales, insider trading on stocks, etc.

If they were paid market rates, it would attract less of this corruption.

> Greta Thunberg moves mountains.

I can only regard this as a joke, and not a very successful one, I am afraid.

I'm with you there. Greta Thunberg has done what exactly?

Anecdotally, at least in western Europe governments and companies seem a lot more careful of looking like they're disregarding the environment than they were 5 years ago (green washing is a thing but if organisations are doing it, at last they think perle care about it now). I don't think it's all down to her, but she played a part.

She started the School Strike for Climate movement.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_strike_for_climate

Yes, but what has she done?

Supported Indian middlemen strike masquerading as a farmer's protests which among other things had the following demands from the Govt - Ability to burn stubble without consequences, one of the primary causes for Smog in Delhi and North India every year contrary to people' perceptions that pollution and industries are primary source - Subsidized diesel and fuel - No restrictions on using groundwater in a water rich region which is facing a serious issues with the water table due to highly intensive agriculture mostly cultivating crops requiring a lot of water - Continuing Govt subsidies on the above mentioned water intensive crops despite there being a significant overproduction and not allowing Govt subsidies to go towards more reasonable crops - Not allowing farmers to sell their produce directly to the consumer or retailers (and receiving money directly in their accounts). Instead going through highly corrupt and legacy 'arthiyas' (middlemen) who add nothing but another layer of bureacracy for no value

Yes, i am not kidding. The 'environmentalist' Greta Thurnberg supported these protests because according to her and the media, breaking the lobby of powerful interests is akin to corporate takeover of poor farmers. This is without knowing anything about the subject and never involving herself in active debates about the topic

Served as a figurehead for powerful interests

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