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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Pitchforks and torches were best "weapons" a peasant had lying around that they could grab.

What I am trying to say is get your guns.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Funny enough us being able to afford a guillotine is in their best interest because alternatives include badly sharpened sticks, closest rock we find, and bare fucking hands.

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

Hungry dogs. Don't forget, we have a lot of options.

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 hours ago

Lol. Like we paying for shit at that point.

[–] PizzaLamp25@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

Five finger discounts are always a good sale

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

According to Time in 2011, the protesters' adoption of the mask had led to it becoming the top-selling mask on Amazon.com, selling hundreds of thousands a year. Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns Warner Bros. and DC Comics, owns the rights to the image and is paid a fee with the sale of each copyrighted mask.

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 13 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Also, notably, Guy Fawkes was in no way anti-establishment or anti-monarchy, and was certainly not an anarchist. Fawkes (and his group) wanted to replace a Protestant monarch with a Catholic one.

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Very true, but as the movie says it's a symbol. "Symbols are given power by people" and Guy Fawkes as a symbol is no longer tied to his historical actions. It symbolizes the character V, revolution, and the power of people to make change.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

In much the same way a swastika means Nazi. Theres always that one guy that will tell you its an ancient symbol that means peace, but show anyone on the planet and they'll say its a nazi thing.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

This symbol says "I want to blow people up for God!"

Symbols should be chosen with more care, and not adopted from movies or comic books.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago

The movie was well produced and I think it delivers the intended message within its self-contained universe, but... considering that the entire story is framed in the context of the Gunpowder Plot, from beginning to end, I think that message is muddled when you understand the actual history behind it.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Like selling shovels in a gold rush

[–] spamspeicher@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

GPUs while AI enshitification.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Folks, I’d like to remind every that history is written by the winners.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 6 points 5 hours ago

I call bullshit. Of course a historian would tell you that writing history doesn't make you a loser.

Always consider the source. taps forehead

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 hours ago

Nothing forces guns to hold their value like tighter gun laws. I know collectors that get excited about it.