A rather important story that is just overall too bloated. The real Tae-il is no doubt an important figure and his self-immolation as form of protest was a huge spark in the fight for labor rights after his death. While the attempt to showcase these philosophies around labor are admirable, they are divorced from larger, more thorough political thought that moved Tae-il and his fellow activists and it does make his final acts of rebellion feel more like a whim rather than an act of desperation.

It was literally earlier this year when Aaron Bushnell self-immolated to protest the governmental support for Israel's occupation of Palestine. Even though that one was planned out beforehand, such an extreme act is done when desperation is the root motivator

A rather important story that is just overall too bloated. The real Tae-il is no doubt an important figure and his self-immolation as form of protest was a huge spark in the fight for labor rights after his death. While the attempt to showcase these philosophies around labor are admirable, they are divorced from larger, more thorough political thought that moved Tae-il and his fellow activists and it does make his final acts of rebellion feel more like a whim rather than an act of desperation.

It was literally earlier this year when Aaron Bushnell self-immolated to protest the governmental support for Israel's occupation of Palestine. Even though that one was planned out beforehand, such an extreme act is done when desperation is the root motivator