The Sleight Doctor 🃏Apr 1
A reminder that France brought out the guillotines right about now.
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@ApostateEnglishman @aral

https://fr.crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too

Against the Logic of the Guillotine

Fetishizing the guillotine is like fetishizing the state: it means celebrating an instrument of murder that will always be used chiefly against us.

CrimethInc.
Show threadAral BalkanApr 1
@CyberSaloperie @ApostateEnglishman I have that article pinned on my profile. It’s excellent. At the same time, facts are facts.
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@aral ahah I didn’t saw it was pinned on your profile!
Yeah it’s certainly facts, but it was also exactly what the article was criticizing 🥲
(Also I got blocked by the OP)
Apr 1 at 5:57amWeb
Show threadThe Sleight Doctor 🃏Apr 1

@CyberSaloperie @aral I unblocked you. My apologies, that was rash. I was just being bombarded from all sides and it got a little overwhelming. 🤷‍♂️

I should probably have anticipated that some folks would take me literally! It's not as if I made it clear in the original post that I *wasn't* saying we should murder billionaires in the streets.