Josiah Lippincott
@jlippincott
Wrong. Public violence, justly carried out in accordance with law, is necessary for the functioning of a healthy free society.
Punishment needs to be democratically accountable, the consequences of murder obvious to all.
Sanitized, bureaucratized, institutionalized "justice"
Punishment needs to be democratically accountable, the consequences of murder obvious to all.
Sanitized, bureaucratized, institutionalized "justice"
Ruth Ben-Ghiat@ruthbenghiat · Oct 9Historian of fascism here. This is an escalation of an attempt to normalize extreme violence, ritualize violence, militarize the country, and make violence entertaining so when they ask you to commit violence in their name, you will be ready.
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