I'm not criticising the individual. It seems he was lonely, relatively poor, suffered from a traumatic brain injury, and completely earnest in his intentions. There's no sane way to respond to climate change. I'm also not criticising self-immolation as an act more generally.

I'm criticising the specific Buddhist movement addressing climate grief that he is a part of and that a lot of wealthy Western Buddhist modernists (and others) are a part of. I'm criticising that so much that it's honestly difficult for me to even type about it flippantly here. What I feel for these people is rage. And I think an act like that, with a man like that, is a consequence of their self-indulgence.

I could say a whole lot about this but I don't think this is the right format. TBH I've spent a lot of time since that man's death wondering if I'm being lazy or irresponsible by not figuring out some way to respond to these people intelligently and in public. I don't know if it would even matter, I'm not sure about my own motivations since the rage is so deep that I'm not really sure how to get through it to a place that's constructive. I can't even talk about it online anonymously in a constructive way, just rage rage rage rage.

I've been shit posting for a few days now because I've been sick and we're about to move so I'm in procrastination time. I was not expecting any serious discussion, but it has been nice and thought provoking and surprising to talk to you. Take care.