I believe if everyone who was against the current oligarchy started placing guillotine stickers everywhere, like you might for a favorite band, people would feel less isolated in their distaste for the current system.

And in an ideal world those who the guillotines are for might realize just how much they are in the minority.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I’m saying that the bombing, etc. of Nazi Germany was a justifiable level of force under the circumstances. I’m splitting hairs and making a big deal over the difference between “force” and “violence”. I think it’s important to know exactly where that line is so as to avoid stepping over it, so I’m not just being intransigent and clinging to a minor point here.

    So in our current situation in which the state is:

    • abducting and disappearing families
    • killing and otherwise silencing political opposition
    • bombing civilians
    • supporting genocide
    • killing people through social murder
    • inflaming hatred and violence towards minorities and vulnerable populations
    • exploiting the working class on a scale rarely if ever seen (which in turn leads to more social murder)
    • and a million other acts of violence in between

    What is the justified level of force + violence to respond with?

    The guillotine symbolizes to me a clear stepping over of the line from justified force to mob violence. And I think we would be better off if everyone shared my opinion.

    But that’s not what it means to the public, which is why it is being brought up so much in these conversations.