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In reply to the discussion: Effects from the man who set himself on fire that nobody is talking about: [View all]TBF
(33,363 posts)20. lol - well you have to realize not all of us are capitalists
I've always viewed capitalism as a Ponzi scheme. And I know this is a democratic party website so I'm not surprised that there would be a good number of folks here who would view that as "nutty" - after all democrats are part of the establishment even if they are on the whole more empathetic than the other major party. But, yes, I think there is some value in his work. I can hold those thoughts until after the election.
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Effects from the man who set himself on fire that nobody is talking about: [View all]
niyad
Apr 2024
OP
Those are good points, we can't act as if individual violence doesn't affect us as a whole
Walleye
Apr 2024
#1
What do you mean? They got there with the fire extinguisher in less than 2 minutes. The man was determined to
mucifer
Apr 2024
#31
Maybe because his attorney changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity
MorbidButterflyTat
Apr 2024
#28
I was definitely thinking of how people who witnessed this could be affected.
electric_blue68
Apr 2024
#11