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I've been complaining about this for 30 years (and protesting sometimes too). It feels hopeless, on some days I completely understand why some protestors immol
by micromacrofoot 5y ago
I've been complaining about this for 30 years (and protesting sometimes too).
It feels hopeless, on some days I completely understand why some protestors immolate themselves... but younger generations have always made me feel a little better (I wish more of them would vote, but I understand why they don't).
- 0xdada 5y agoThere have been 14 cases of (political) self-immolation in the 2020s so far: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_self-immolations#2020s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_self-immolat...
- micromacrofoot 5y agoyes, notably just last week in front of the US Supreme Court for climate change inaction... some Buddhists consider it a compassionate act