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[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 91 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It's an arrestable offence in Australia.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rich people don't get arrested.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What's the line? Something about becoming rich so that they don't have to follow the rules.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

I mean I can't tell you the precise line but when your bought slaptoy called Trump can just pardon everyone as he wishes, you really couldn't give a rat's ass any more.

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They still bleed like anyone else.

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago

But the question is, when? And how much?

We need to convince Elon to go full Luigi / Dexter. Everyone knows he is out there killing the other billionaires but he is too rich to do anything about it.

Convince him to be the only billionaire. Heil!

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In most countries, the KKK would be considered a terrorist organization. Here in the US, they're a "political group."

The call has been coming from inside the house for over a century.

Yet Luigi is a terrorist

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The US has considered them a terrorist organization since 1870

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Evidently not.

[–] gressen@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago

Same in many European countries.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

Some things make execution the public's job. And I'm tied of pretending otherwise.

I should be able to post a video of myself killing Nick Fuentes, for example, and receive nothing but favorable responses.

I don't understand the argument when someone is a total negative in every way, with absolutely zero redeeming characteristics.

I am not typically a violent person, but with someone out there causing actual harm to people, promoting more harm, with a completely objective negative amount of humanity and worth, there is definitely a line where the cost of keeping them alive outweighs every single good thing they've ever (and will ever) do.

The line for this is really murky down here in peasant world, but the leaders should be the absolute peak of humanity.

And when their death provides an amazing benefit as well, then I say bring on the Luigis. I don't say that lightly either. This isn't a "kill everyone meeting this criteria" kinda thing. This is very specific.

The ones not quite worth messing still deserve the next worst punishment forever. And there are plenty of groups that fit into this. Nazis is the obvious one. That specifically should be a crime by itself, but that argument has issues too, but that's just my opinion until I hear a better one.

You don't deserve to participate in society just for being born. You deserve it by being a contributor to it. All you deserve for being born is a fair chance not to be evil. The price for crossing that line should be everything.

I realize the line of thinking is dangerously close to theirs. But it isn't based on arbitrary issues like beliefs or race. It's just being a decent person. That line should be pretty clear and obvious.

Nobody should be intentionally harmful to anyone- except for evil people. I don't think we'll ever evolve to that point though. Not inside of at digit number of years at the very least.