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The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms (www.removepaywall.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/news

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[–] blazeknave 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm scared of his supporters becoming disenfranchised by and turning on him. They're already so volatile that their violence isn't always going to be as precise as a single bullet. There's going to be civilian collateral damage. It's hard celebrating all this, knowing the motherfucker had it coming, but considering the reality of violence, vigilantism and the kinds of people that do this (and the state they're in when pushed enough).. yay dead rich murderous fuck.. but shit, I'm scared for all of us. That dude could have missed.. a stray could have killed someone. Couldn't have gone through his head, shattered on his skull and shrapnel ricochets through a kid walking to school. Everyone wants street justice but forgets that living by the sword means living by the sword.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Are you kidding? Them turning on him is our greatest hope.

Trump is already responsible for indirectly killing hundreds of thousands of Americans due to his failure during COVID.

[–] blazeknave 1 points 12 hours ago

I don't disagree. I'm just afraid of people with the same mindset going wild spray and praying all over the place and taking out bystanders with them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Definitely. This was more of a general comment.

I will copy/paste a thought I had about a more structured approach for dealing with corruption/oligarchs:

You need to put them on trial in a legitimate court (i.e. exclude compromised judiciary systems).

If the oligarch/senior lackey is found guilty, you could use real rehabilitation methods that would creates incentives for good behaviour for other criminals:

Full asset seizure (every last cent, home, house, everything).

Extended family and business partners being required to sign affidavits detailing their knowledge re: assets in [1], with an understanding that if the affidavit was found to have not been signed in good faith, they will be subject to full asset seizure and their own family and business partners will also have to sign similar affidavits for their own case. No statue of limitations for affidavits.

20 years mandatory live-in community service as junior support person at a hospice centre (minimum wage). Exact focus of community service would depend on crimes committed.

[–] blazeknave 1 points 12 hours ago

I like it. Honestly don't think it's harsh enough. My point was less about harsh penalties than collateral damage from crazies. I think we're pretty much on the same page though.