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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[–] [email protected] 141 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Looks like he was an anarchist comrade.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 8 months ago

deeper-sadness honestly sad, one of the few good troops to realize how fucked the system is and then did the utmost sacrifice in protesting the system

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Seems weird that an anarchist was a US soldier. Maybe he joined before he came to the political beliefs he held as he burned, or perhaps he came to these beliefs because of what he saw in the army.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

That happens quite a lot when you recruit teenagers with the promise of tech job skills.