Not everyone in a family has to have the same worldviews. Just look at Elon Musks daughter for an example of this.
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TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The heiress of a fossil fuel company provides money to a fund that funds them. Just Stop Oil says the majority of its funding comes from the Climate Emergency Fund. The fund, is founded by fossil fuel heiress Aileen Getty. Aileen Getty, is an heiress to the Getty family fortune established by oil magnate J. Paul Getty.
lemonde.fr/…/aileen-getty-billionaire-proud-to-fi…
It’s just kind of bizarre ro me…
Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Godort@lemm.ee 8 months ago
The most cynical view is that she funds them specifically because it makes climate protestors look bad. They are radical in their methods and their targets seem to just be random spaces where there is a larger(but not too large) public density.
However the reality is probably more complicated. She might disagree with her grandfather and agree with their message, she might think that pulling funding would be worse PR than the few headlines that JSO generates, or she might not care one way or the other.
qevlarr@lemmy.world 8 months ago
She has no financial interest in the fossil fuel industry. At all.
It is well documented that she is acting out of remorse over what happened and is trying to make things right. Again: She does not benefit from the fossil fuel industry at all. The story that she is a covert operative working for the fossil fuel industry has been debunked time and again. Stop the conspiracy stuff
BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 8 months ago
I'll believe they are a psyop. Either that or they got some insane feedback loop in their circles leading them to believe this stuff actually helps.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 8 months ago
With the number of absolute dimwits that seem to think any publicity is good publicity, I suspect it’s the latter. Every stunt they pull, someone always comes out in support of them.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I can see it from a guilt perspective
vivadanang@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Hey if I found out my family fortune came from the slave trade I’d work against that. I imagine finding out your family’s fortune came from the petroleum industry is pretty depressing when you look at our world - knowing that you profited on all this misery and loads more misery to come. Better to get out ahead of it, whether subconsciously or deliberately.