I suspect public executions don't have the intended impact of inflicting terror but rather are more likely to radicalise and galvanise family members and friends into swearing revenge when witnessed.

Oh cool we've reached the "public executions" stage of empire collapse

What are they trying to prove? I know things aren't going well for the usian military right now but I didn't think anyone doubted their ability to muster up a dozen working rifles given adequate prep time.

:im-doing-my-part:

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

A murderer was captured this morning and tried today.

GUILTY!

Sentence: Death

Execution tonight at 6pm All Net All Channels

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

:kill-em-all:

They rly are honoring charlie kirks legacy

Officials in the Pentagon clarified Thursday that the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow

"This public execution brought to you by Twitch™️" They are absolutely gonna demand some tech company ponys up for the privilege

So they're producing snuff porn for chuds now?

They [the people in charge, they dont need to be overly unified] really want to reinforce the elements of this world that make it more brutal and miserable and I hate it

I've been thinking about the reality that this is the most right-wing nation in the world and how regular people are reluctant to hear that. I can point to show that any nation they may try to claim as further to the right may or may not do weird despotic shit like a public execution.

I don't believe it is a coincidence that the shooter is an ethic Palestinian.

Streaming it is ghoulish and I generally oppose the death penalty but tbqh if you're going to do it, something relatively reliable and fast - firing squad or guillotine - is FAR better than lethal injection, which is designed to look calm for onlookers but is actually torturous for the person being executed. Personally I doubt anything's more humane than M. Guillotin's invention.

The (televised) beatings will continue until morale improves.

I bet they won't

I think this is a densensitizing operation to get people accustomed to public lynching and pograms.

I just had a dreadful realization. Kegsbreath is going to give a rousing speech and they're going to erect bleachers for live spectators to cheer it on.

PBS doing its usual job of normalizing fascism.