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Godort@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

There was also that time a prison guard lost a prisoner during a transfer, and because the punishment for such a crime was death, he released all his prisoners, became their leader, and overthrew the monarchy.

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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
There’s a few examples throughout history where having an insane punishment for a crime has caused serious problems.

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- riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  this is such a typical issue in hierarchical structures and i love it because its so what they deserve
  
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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Please tell me there’s a movie about that.

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- Godort@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  There have probably been a few, but they’re almost certainly all Chinese.
  
  The guy’s name was Liu Bang if you want to read up about it
  
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