Nazis and the like deserve it, but it's a slippery slope tho

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Even when it’s not the state (what? Is it better if it’s a random militia or a tribe that calls murder justice?)

    A revolutionary context is probably the only appropriate time for the death penalty. You don't have the resources of a state to keep someone in indefinite custody, and the whole premise of a revolution is that things have gotten so bad you're willing to kill people to reorganize society.

    • MichelLouise [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Indeed, from my couch it would be very presumptuous to argue what is the « « best » » thing to do in desperate times calling for desperate measures.

      My point was that Robespierre, just like Louis XVI, ended up guillotined.