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[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Let's start with him and see how it goes.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

I heard he was planning to volunteer, just to make it popular again.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Careful what you ask for; you just may get it.

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[–] fonix232@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago

We're really ought to come up with a variant of the Darwin Award, tailored specifically for billionaires - like how the Herman Cain Award was created for COVIDiots.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good, we'll start with Joe Lonsdale and see how it goes from there.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Obviously we're not going to apply any of this "masculinity" to rich people

[–] InvisibleShoe@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

Small dick compensating energy

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 18 points 3 days ago

Please let the monkey's paw curl on this one because it would be so fucken funny. All these assholes call for this, its about time they get what they asked for.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

There aren’t many policy positions I would consider so abhorrent that they require violent opposition. Not many. But, a few.

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

We will quickly try and hang men after three violent crimes. And yes, we will do it in public to deter others.

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.

it’s time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable

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.