Obviously I oppose it in the present form for a million reasons, but I'm sympathetic towards Robespierre's argument for killing the king, because if he was left alive he would pose an existential threat to the revolutionary government. Tbh the big problem is that the people who most deserve it are the ones that are safest from it, if you can flip that in a revolution, the argument becomes stronger.
If I were writing a speculative fiction story about a revolution, and the intelligence community was merely disbanded, I would have them continue to undermine the revolutionary government, and they would pose a severe danger due to their intel, connections, and skills. If the revolutionaries tried to reform them, then I don't think it'd work and they'd have to deal with being infiltrated by "reformed" spies. Imprisonment would carry a greater risk in a revolutionary context as well. I think the revolutionaries in my story would purge the IC at least.
Well, sorry to be cliche, but "In the game of thrones, you win or you die." In the context of a revolution, it's a necessary risk. If it's not worth killing and risking death, then you shouldn't be fighting a revolution in the first place. But there are plenty of cases where a government being too soft was an invitation for the CIA to come in, and as long as they're around, they're a threat.
I'm not particularly happy that that's how it is but that's reality. If you don't like it there's always reformism and mutual aid type stuff, which I think are more realistic approaches anyway in the States.
Obviously I oppose it in the present form for a million reasons, but I'm sympathetic towards Robespierre's argument for killing the king, because if he was left alive he would pose an existential threat to the revolutionary government. Tbh the big problem is that the people who most deserve it are the ones that are safest from it, if you can flip that in a revolution, the argument becomes stronger.
If I were writing a speculative fiction story about a revolution, and the intelligence community was merely disbanded, I would have them continue to undermine the revolutionary government, and they would pose a severe danger due to their intel, connections, and skills. If the revolutionaries tried to reform them, then I don't think it'd work and they'd have to deal with being infiltrated by "reformed" spies. Imprisonment would carry a greater risk in a revolutionary context as well. I think the revolutionaries in my story would purge the IC at least.
But that’s the whole thing about death penalty. Robespierre was guillotined just like Louis XVI.
Well, sorry to be cliche, but "In the game of thrones, you win or you die." In the context of a revolution, it's a necessary risk. If it's not worth killing and risking death, then you shouldn't be fighting a revolution in the first place. But there are plenty of cases where a government being too soft was an invitation for the CIA to come in, and as long as they're around, they're a threat.
I'm not particularly happy that that's how it is but that's reality. If you don't like it there's always reformism and mutual aid type stuff, which I think are more realistic approaches anyway in the States.