The men who set themselves on fire

[psychegram]

I thought this was an excellent recap of the wave of self-immolations, and the immiseration driving them. From the article:

"Rome wasn't built in a day," the saying goes. "But it was burned in one."

Today Rome does not burn - its stocks continue to rise, its wealthy continue to profit. Rome does not burn. Only its victims do.

For every person who sets himself on fire there are millions suffering in silence. For every person who becomes a symbol, there are millions who watch quietly, in shock and resignation, resigned to our shock, shocked by our deference.

_http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/men-who-set-themselves-fire-20131075515834438.html