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[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Make guillotines great again

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

With gold leafs being "accessible" this time around you can have gold plated guillotines to make the class feel more at ease with the familiar surroundings and whatnot.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Bespoke and refined, the new 2026 Guillotine delivers the gilded age experience humanity deserves

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

Will there be AI branding on the sides of it too?

(It will also be like a lil help for the future historians & students.)

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane and criticize it for its irreversibility. They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, or has a brutalization effect, discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence". There are many organizations worldwide, such as Amnesty International, and country-specific, such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), whose main purpose includes abolition of the death penalty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

It's a short hand to holding the monsters on charge accountable. I don't think those in charge care about any sort of law. You have the make the point visceral