• masquenox@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You are correct… Bushnell isn’t even the first USian to self-immolate as a form of protest this decade - the others barely made the news.

    While I can’t bring myself to criticise people like Bushnell (for obvious reasons), I also cannot endorse it. I don’t want to die for a cause - I want to make the fascists die for theirs.

    • Venia Silente@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      I don’t want to die for a cause - I want to make the fascists die for theirs.

      Honestly this is one of the best quotables I’ve found on the internet this year. Permission to steal?

      • ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        It’s a paraphrase from a Patton quote. I don’t have the exact quote readily available, but the gist is, “The objective of war isn’t to die for one’s country, but to make some other poor bastard die for his.”