• macerated_baby_presidents [he/him]42•4 months ago

    Nah a bunch of Americans did it during Vietnam war. Unlike Thich Quang Duc, none of them worked with other people to get anything out of their sacrifice and so they are forgotten. When he self-immolated there was a whole protest planned around it and they invited press. The Americans are all doing it as horrible alienated acts of desperation.

    This guy might get some news time because he uploaded a video and wore his uniform, but I don't think it'll be worth it. Another war death.

    edit: Watched the video. Maybe it will galvanize Americans who already disapprove of the genocide. RIP Aaron.

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]30•4 months ago

      Unlike Thich Quang Duc, none of them worked with other people to get anything out of their sacrifice and so they are forgotten. When he self-immolated there was a whole protest planned around it and they invited press. The Americans are all doing it as horrible alienated acts of desperation.

      Yep, the dude had an entire congregation of monks and he self-immolated knowing the religious significance of it, which dovetails nicely with the self-immolation being a protest against religious persecution.

      • Galli [comrade/them]2•4 months ago

        tbf there is I guess a non-survival bias here where presumably anyone who would attempt to work with others to self immolate is talked out of it.