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Except it doesn't deter anyone. In fact, in the past executions were a form of entertainment. And if there's a common thing amongst criminals is that everyone of them think they'll get away with it.
Public executions have never served as a deterrence, there's zero historical evidence of this. Crime existed in the days of public executions, hence the reason why we've got lots of them to point at.
And every time someone has said "we will quickly try people", what they are trying to radio in is, "suppress people's rights to a trail and appeal." And a billionaire calling for public executions and reformation of the justice system to skip particular steps due to the citizens, isn't something new. This kind of thinking is as old as time itself. That the aristocracy finds little value in protecting the rights of the common man is just the usual hum-drum of people who devalue human life.
This whole quote is just remarkable. Who will protect the feminine political leaders from the wave of masculine leadership? Would not this supposition make them vulnerable? It's just white rich guys doing the usual white rich guy thing. So innovative a thinker the guy is.