This episode of Weird Catastrophe is an examination of Aaron Bushnell’s sacrifice. Our society is not able to comprehend people like Aaron Bushnell and their actions because we have totally spurned the ability to be morally serious people, along with the vulnerability, earnestness, and humanity which this requires. When someone like Bushnell comes along and lights themselves on fire, they indict the whole of our broken society. I am telling you, if for nothing more than our mere survival, let alone moral integrity: We cannot ignore the messages of people like Bushnell, as much as we’d like to. They are the vanguard that says, either do something about this, or we will all continue to perish.

Thank you for listening. This article was originally published by Salon.

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