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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4ay4kb/guillotine-emoji-unicode
When you want to express your complete rage at the incompetence of leadership over text, in a way that says "I would like to see their heads removed at the neck with a large falling blade and rolled into little baskets" but less literal and more succinct, an emoji would help a lot.
Sadly, there is no guillotine emoji, despite "guillotine them" being the ruling sentiment of the pissed-off proletariat for the last... well, probably many years, but more lately, as tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in protests around the world.
Lisbon-based artist Carrozo is lobbying the Unicode Consortium to include a guillotine in its next emoji update, and has sent an application outlining why the people need the 18th century execution machine in their emoji lexicon.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Tuesday July 21 2020, @05:48PM (9 children)
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday July 21 2020, @06:19PM (8 children)
Fustakrakich is presenting death from those dangers as judgements and claiming they are always correctly applied.
No, unfortunately they often miss, but the authoritarians must accept the risk, whether it is "just" or not. We must put an extremely steep price on power. It might reduce the desire. Then we'll have to conscript people to serve in the senate. They'll be more likely to tread lightly on the heathens begging at their feet
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday July 21 2020, @11:30PM (5 children)
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday July 21 2020, @11:47PM (4 children)
Exactly the opposite. Those in power are the most at risk, as designed. Make the job so fearsome that nobody wants it. You know, like hang the sword over his balls
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday July 22 2020, @01:13AM (3 children)
And with outsized rewards due to the limited competition for the job.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @01:18AM (2 children)
They still have to win the election, and they still have to perform satisfactorily
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday July 22 2020, @04:44AM (1 child)
Both which will come easier to manage as control over society is increased due to the lack of competitors. I'm pretty sure you haven't thought this through even a little.
One of the points of a democratic society is that it's easier and safer (rather opposite to your proposal) than ever for someone to become a leader - they just need to get votes. It's the competition for the position that enables relatively good leaders who reflect the wishes of the voters.
Put too many bogus conditions on leadership, then you will filter out all but the people with the worst ulterior motives. It's a filter for the very problems you claim to be trying to avoid.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @05:57AM
You're just covering for your peeps again, brother.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday July 22 2020, @03:52PM (1 child)
"Whoever wants power must under no circumstances be allowed to wield it"
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @05:12PM
Absolutely, that why we should make the legislature, and the prez, and the judges more like jury duty. In and out, nobody gets hurt
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..