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[teknocholer]

@FGD135

I think everything has been already discussed, more or less

Agreed. I made my case for a direct-democracy alternative then, and I stand by it.

Alternatives for guillotines

First of all, I am adamantly opposed to the death penalty for any reason, and I suspect I’m in the majority here, so any ideas I may offer are about choosing a suitable metaphor. (It occurs to me that this discussion is more fraught in the US, given that the death penalty there is not just an archaic memory.) That said, I agree that the guillotine is an instrument of the state, and therefore a step removed from the expression of the will of the people. For that reason, I return to my preferenc…