The age of glorifying Greta Thunberg is over

The West has changed a great deal since 2019, the year Thunberg toured the world, haranguing and hectoring world leaders in London, Paris and New York. People who should have known better lapped up her angry and accusatory rhetoric. The novelist Margaret Atwood likened Thunberg to "Joan of Arc" and TIME magazine named her its Person of the Year. Five years later the world is far more violent, volatile and dangerous. Serious politicians are urgently required to address the myriad challenges facing the West. It's time for the grown-ups to make a comeback. The age of glorifying Greta is over.

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