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So what was on the pamphlets?
Basically a manifesto asserting that everyone with power is colluding to mount a fascist coup d’état on America; Bush v Gore was a fake double team to get Bush the presidency, The Simpsons is some kind of propaganda meant to dupe us into being slovenly dopes forced into doing the bidding of billionaire overlords, um, I think there was some accusations levied against the Epstein victims for being pawns of some greater scheme, et cetera and whatever. Oh, also a crypto Ponzi scheme.
From the limited info I heard, he was a normal, decent guy, but he had some kind of psychotic break a couple of years ago after his mom died; that said, if anyone has more/better information, please feel free to correct me.
psychotic break a couple of years ago after his mom died
Went from "weird" to "sad and tragic" pretty quick. Honestly, it makes me worried about my own mental health in a big way should I face a similar kind of tragedy.
I’m not sure but he had a few printable pamphlets with wild shit on his substack:
https://theponzipapers.substack.com/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside
Thanks. So this guy thinks that crypto is the global ponzi scheme, not the gazillion dollar fiat debt?
Poor guy thought lighting himself on fire at something to do with Trump wouldn't make everyone think it's about Trump.
He had a bunch of flyers that he threw in the air before setting himself on fire outside a Trump trial, but unfortunately none of them mentioned Trump. Maybe something about billionaires which is kinda Trumpy, but we won't actually show you any of them because we're here for Trump. Anyhow, Trump Trump Trump
He literally mentions that Trump is the same as Hilary and other presidents and candidates. It was about the ruling class, you should probably read it https://theponzipapers.substack.com/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside
Wow, great find. Poor guy.
Another case for, at a minimum, universal mental health care.
I don't think you can advocate for universal mental health care without universal health care. Mental health care is health care.
There's a reason where I am that a mental health clinician is part of the cancer team. Having just the therapy aspect covered would do nothing for people unable to treat their physical illnesses.
Promoting better accessibility of mental health care is reasonable- even places with universal coverage mental health lags behind. The tricky thing is that some people will refuse to access care even if its available. Its more visible in cases like this but happens all the time with other chronic illnesses like COPD and diabetes where it gets out of control and the person succumbs quietly.
I don't know where I'm going with this. I wish he had sought help and I wish that help was available. I'm glad no one else lost their lives in this case.
Well, that's why I say "at a minimum". Once everyone has universal mental health care, then maybe we can get the real deal...
Well, he won’t be making that mistake again, I can guarantee you that.
Lesson of the day: don't self immolate. The most you'll get from your opponents and sympathizers are shrugs.
Yeah if you really wanted to send a message, you'd set those evil billionaires on fire not yourself.
Azzarello: You'll pay for this, with your kleptocrats' blood!
Establishment: Oh right, how you gonna get em, skeleton power?
For law enforcement maybe they shouldn't rescue after a certain amount of time 😔? Like that was 2 minutes. Maybe cut off at 1 minute? I don't know, it sounds so painful. One of my family members was burnt accidentally by hot liquid and those years of pain and suffering are a mark in my life and obviously in their life. Imagine 100C vs 800 to 1200C in a fire, and instead of just a single burn, continuous burn for minutes? 😞 And to survive that to live one more entire day in possible the most painful way possible.
I imagine your nerves die off after a certain moment. That said, I've willingly burned myself enough that I can only imagine the intense body pain as it happens. I'd also imagine your lungs feel like they're also on fire during it, smoke inhalation sucks.
Cops are not doctors and not individuals I would want making that kind of call
I guess the guy should have pull his cellphone from his pocket. That would have been much less painful.
Or just "Don't kill yourself." Unless maybe you're about to be tortured into revealing secrets that could get innocent people harmed and you have a cyanide pill. Otherwise, suicide is pretty much always going to be too much medicine for the sickness. Things are bad? Killing yourself guarantees they will never get better.
I realize it's easy to simply say this, but it's still true...
I think I understand the sentiment here, but you are assuming no matter how bad it is, the state a person is living in is inherently better than death. I think you'd find a lot of people can imagine a life worse than death. Death means everything is over, blank, no more consciousness. That sounds better than unhappy life to me, and it definitely sounds better than miserable life.
Well definitely don't kill yourself for a random political reason. Especially for an individual that isn't even in power currently. Also don't kill yourself if he ever gets into power, because how on Earth does that help?
But then again we're attempting to apply logic to a situation where it clearly was absent.