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TRIGGER WARNING: We have people self immolating because of genocides happening and because people are losing housing. (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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@Jaybefaunt

TRIGGER WARNING: We have people self immolating because of genocides happening and because people are losing housing. This nation is going down and it's the greed of the capitalists that's the cause.

I'm basically in that elderly gentleman's shoes as far as housing goes. I'm sorry to his family and to him for being pushed into this situation.

@weareronin47

Elderly man self-immolates while being evicted.

Housing is a human right.

Direct link to video: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1775547959775502338/pu/vid/avc1/640x360/8Bhf9UQdY6pfh4gx.mp4

Source: https://twitter.com/Jaybefaunt/status/1775639781868720573

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I shudder to think the pain he went through to resort to that as a better option.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Obviously society needs to have a good look at itself and how people are getting holed into despair.

That aside, this fad of crisping oneself makes no sense to me. There are far less painful ways to go about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

The pain is part of the whole deal. Just offing yourself isn't enough to get attention anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

society

the US*

plenty of people in society are plenty aware.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Shit sucks when people think this is the only solution.

I guess on the upside, the cop didn't shoot him or draw on him while on fire. Baby steps

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

At that point he'd have been better off tbh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If I ever light myself on fire, I give anyone permission to shoot me. It would be a mercy.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How long till they start setting other people on fire over it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Idk what the GOP has outlined in Project 2025, they aren't going to stone people because the peasants might realize they're exactly the same as the IS. I'm thinking they're going to go for burning.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Um, here’s a bit more context than this tweet. The dudes wife with Parkinson’s was in the house as well in the other room. He also killed his dog with him. Clearly some mental health issues also at play here.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13268935/horrifying-moment-oklahoma-man-anthony-goulding-covers-gasoline-sets-fire.html

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I mean, obviously, mental health issues were at play, but being forcefully evicted most definitely exacerbated, or just straight up caused said mental issues. The guy probably felt as if himself, wife, and dog were better off dead than being homeless. I'm not saying that's right at all, but we can't expect people forced into desperate situations to always make rational decisions.

The US is the richest nation on Earth. We should have no reason to ever kick elderly people(or anyone for that matter) out of their homes, and put them into desperate situations, even if they can't afford rent anymore. Cuba, for instance, has a near zero homeless population, and they have nowhere near the amount of resources the US has. This country lacks empathy.

Housing is a human right and should be treated as such.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

The guy probably felt as if himself, wife, and dog were better off dead than being homeless.

Fun fact, this is the thought process of most family annihilators. They, for example, lose their job and feel like it's better their family be dead than suffer the embarrassment of losing standing in the community, or get caught cheating and feel it's better for them to be dead than suffer the embarrassment of divorce.

There's nothing really useful you can do with that knowledge, but it's been floating around in my brain since I learned it and now I gift it to you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hey I agree with you. I mostly just don’t like the way this tweet is framed without the context of him also killing his dog and putting his wife at risk. I think that’s a very important distinction that should’ve been included.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fair, the tweet does lack that context. That does add a bit of nuance and questions related to mental health to the discussion. I apologize for reading too far into your comment, and just assuming that you were attempting to downplay the actions of the police and state in this situation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Well I appreciate your reply instead of just downvoting and moving on. Hey look at us being civil on the internet!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Which nation is this?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

U-S-A

U-S-A

U-S-A

(because of course it is)

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