04/28/2024   English German
  Edition # 153  
San Francisco, 04-28-2024

Whitewashing Greta
Figure [1]: Greta still watches over the Tenderloin district with a stern eye.

Michael As for glueing climate activists, you in Germany probably know better than we do here in the USA, but of course, we are also familiar with Greta. That's why I had to laugh when about six months ago, I discovered this wall portrait of her, a so-called 'mural' in the middle of the city, right around the corner from my dentist. The image had something eerie about it, like a doll sitting on a shelf staring at you.

Figure [2]: In January 2024 the mural was painted over.

But now, Greta has fallen out of favor due to her political statements, and recently, passersby in downtown San Francisco reported that the painting, which, to my knowledge, had not been officially commissioned there, is now broadly covered with a beige hue, also apparently in a covert operation carried out by youthful rebels. Well, it doesn't matter to me, I just found it interesting how quickly fans nowadays hype up their idols and then drop them just because they said something controversial. As I get older, I also realize that I used to talk a lot of nonsense in my youth, but hey, that's just how it is when you're young, talking nonsense is part of the learning process! Luckily, no one canceled me, that wasn't a thing back then.

Greetings from Germany's future:

Angelika und Michael

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