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People should realize nobody cares about self-immolation. It's not going to accomplish anything.
The dude who self immolated over the bitcoin conspiracy really took the wind out of the sails of the modern self immolation movement. The willingness to do this says more about the mental state of the immolated than it does about the issue.
The willingness to do this says more about the mental state of the immolated than it does about the issue.
I tried to suggest this when the last American self-immolated over the Palestinian genocide, and it was not a very popular viewpoint on Lemmy.
To have self-immolation be meaningful, you must share a common cultural foundation with those in the group you wish to impact, and be genuinely stepping across some kind of boundary others view as impossible to cross. The bond between you and them must be strong enough that the meaning cannot be denied.
Otherwise, you're just another soul setting itself on fire, just literally and physically this time. Isolated? Yup. Isolated and on fire now? Yup.
With what we have now, going up in a blaze is the easy way out, as hard as it must be. But finding a new way of life, finding ways to step in and take the reins without screwing things further - even the attempt at that is something I can respect.
Very sad. I have to think that the good people can accomplish over their whole lives will be much greater than a small blip of media coverage.
I haven’t seen anything reported in the corporate media about this. It’s sad 😞 It incentivizes activism to act in more extreme ways to gain wider attention.