A small globe and a green leaf on opposite ends of a wooden lever balanced on a stone.

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Cosmo

Who else is going to change the world, Marty? Greenpeace?

— Sneakers

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A rhetorical jab: if not us, then who will change the world? Naming a well-known activist group as the alternative is dismissive and sarcastic. It mixes grand ambition with a sneer at anyone who might compete for the job.

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