Billionaire Cartier boss returns from fishing holiday gripped with terror that the poors are going to start building guillotines

[anon30760835]

@EpinardsCaramel

“The Reign of Terror”

Do you suppose Johann fears a reign of ticklefights? Image is apt.

@EpinardsCaramel

that’s not what it was most used for.

That Cory, always marching to the beat of his own drummer

Berlioz - March to the Scaffold

[anon30760835]

@Jay_Kay

I’m a little confused by this. Both are docile herd animals, kept for hair and meat. Do you mean wolves from sheep?

the wolves are running the surveillance equipment, using it to find the easy marks and the less easy marks.

This story is of a wolf who has realized he’s just a goat, and he will be eaten by the other wolves in short enough order.

[gracchus]

@EpinardsCaramel

Cory Doctorow uses it as a “kill the rich” symbol, but that’s not what it was most used for.

Cory uses it as a “this is what happens when inequality gets totally out of hand” symbol. It’s a warning and shorthand for violent revolution, not a prescription.

[EpinardsCaramel]

@anon30760835

Do you suppose Johann fears a reign of ticklefights? Image is apt.

It’s not the first article where Cory adds a guillotine.

[EpinardsCaramel]

Good point, maybe I was overinterpreting the imagery.

[anon15383236]

Right? Sheesh, some folks are so literal.

[anon30760835]

@EpinardsCaramel

It’s not the first article where Cory adds a guillotine.

The horrors.

[msuggitt]

There’s a little baby billionaire in all of us. So cute.

[EpinardsCaramel]

Well, it is a symbol of violence either way, the question was about author’s intent.

[EpinardsCaramel]

Yep, it’s a pretty horrible invention, which we thankfully got rid of in the eighties.

Your point was that Johann fears a violent uprising (which is fair), but Cory uses that image on articles about inequality, not violence, in a manner I saw as flippant.

[IronEdithKidd]

Your concern has been duly noted.

[EpinardsCaramel]

Sorry, I’ll leave you to your echo chamber now.

[Kimmo]

@dommerdoodle

I would love to believe that his “message” is well received by his peers (especially those involved with denying climate change, etc.) but I’m not going to hold my breath.

Would that all the scum would take year-long fly-fishing sabbaticals. A bit of contemplation can go a long way.

[Kimmo]

@mark_gast

Guillotines? People don’t have the money or engineering skills for guillotines. Instead lets use piano wire and a couple of handles.

Guitar strings are easier to come by. And you only need one handle because the other end makes a noose.

[Amy_C]

We are. At least I am.

[stinkinbadgers]

Hard to remember exact years this far on but I wanna say it was around '09-10 or so when probably 75% of the people I knew on our block lost their jobs. It was traumatic and it always sucks, but in about 6 months to a year everyone was working again in comparable (or even better) jobs, and unemployment benefits tided people over. Maybe more money was flowing to the rich, but most people in my middle/working class neighborhood were fine. That’s barely going to get people to vote differently, much less take to the streets with guillotines.