• Maple Engineer
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    6 days ago

    In the final act of capitalism the corrupt government is made up of oligarchs who destroy the institutions of government that benefit the people and the oligarch loot every last penny that they can before the people rise up, murder them, redistribute the wealth of the country to the people, and start again.

    In France it was the guillotine. In the US it will be in 9 mm pistol.

    They’re afraid because they see it coming.

    • peopleproblems
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      286 days ago

      Makes you wonder what the French Revolution would have been like with a 9mm.

      Quicker? Or deadlier?

      • @[email protected]
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        656 days ago

        The spectacle of the guillotine was part of its function. There were easier ways to kill aristocrats, but there deaths were also a message, and smothering them in their sleep isn’t as effective as a public execution with 6 meter tal technological marvel.

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          6 days ago

          Guillotine: old, cumbersome, hard to find, frankly boring to a modern audience

          Woodchipper: easy to find, easy to transport, new and exciting, sends a message

        • peopleproblems
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          176 days ago

          I guess the modern day equivalent is a security camera the guy clearly was aware of and the internet.

        • @Brainsploosh
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          86 days ago

          Iirc, it was also a newfangled, more effective/humane method, and a symbol of progress.

          • peopleproblems
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            56 days ago

            Crazy to think something so gruesome is pretty damn painless and quick.

            • @Dadifer
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              46 days ago

              Yeah, but then the blades get dull, and you have to do it a couple times.

              • peopleproblems
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                46 days ago

                Well this is not a fun fact I was aware of.

                I just sort of thought it was heavy enough that it pretty much didn’t fail

                • @Dadifer
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                  36 days ago

                  You’re rethinking your billionaire-killing strategy?

                  • peopleproblems
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                    26 days ago

                    Nothing to do with that. I just didn’t realize the dull blade was a thing. As far as I know it was used in capital punishment outside of the revolution as well, and that’s where I was lacking the knowledge