Caro S. on Nostr: Burnt Offerings Aaron Bushnell and the age of immolation By Erik Baker "The reality ...
Burnt Offerings
Aaron Bushnell and the age of immolation
By Erik Baker
"The reality is that self-immolation registers the near-total impotence of protest—and even public opinion as such—in the face of a military apparatus completely insulated from external accountability. It the rawest testament to the absence of effective courses of action. When war consists primarily of unelected men in undisclosed locations pouring fire on the heads of people we will never know on the other side of the world, there is very little that ordinary people can do to arrest its progress. But we still have our bodies, and it is in the nature of fire to refuse containment."
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#SelfImmolation #WarCrimes #VietnamWar #WarProtest #AntiWar #AaronBushnell #Fire #ww2 #bombing #protest
Aaron Bushnell and the age of immolation
By Erik Baker
"The reality is that self-immolation registers the near-total impotence of protest—and even public opinion as such—in the face of a military apparatus completely insulated from external accountability. It the rawest testament to the absence of effective courses of action. When war consists primarily of unelected men in undisclosed locations pouring fire on the heads of people we will never know on the other side of the world, there is very little that ordinary people can do to arrest its progress. But we still have our bodies, and it is in the nature of fire to refuse containment."
https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/burnt-offerings/
#SelfImmolation #WarCrimes #VietnamWar #WarProtest #AntiWar #AaronBushnell #Fire #ww2 #bombing #protest