• Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.world
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    The world was a better place when politicians had to worry about get tarred and feathered, quartered, or thrown out of windows.

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      That world isn’t a better place. The problem with violence is who decides when it’s used, and why it’s used.

      I don’t want politicians I support (who in my view are taking reasonable, legal actions) to be assaulted by opponents. It’s why we have due process, so that it’s not just a case of “we have a mob big enough to do this”.

      Quartering? That’s awful. Violence or detainment should not be used as punishment or to inflict pain, only to prevent future harmful actions.

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        Yeah but have you seen the parliamentary brawls from other countries? Way better than the WWE or UFC

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      You forgot one small thing - 99% of the population were literally slaves during these wonderful times.

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            • slavery and peasantry are distinct, though I understand they are similar in many important and relevant ways
            • there are only pretty minor (and impractical) differences between feudal peasants and contemporary employer-employee arrangements

            There is a reason many have suggested we are headed toward (or already in) a neo-frudalism

            I say if we have to live as peasants anyway, let’s bring back tar and feathering

            Edit: hell, we even still have lord and tenant as titles

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      Hot take: The world was better when the ruler was trained from birth to govern. Let’s start training people from birth to govern, and give them access to more power. Take away power from the Oligarchical media that has turned the poor against each other.

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