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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Christa Pike from TN being kept alive after two failed execution attempts?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t even think that’s the ultimate argument. Executions are final. There is nothing you can do when you find out someone wasn’t guilty after all. And that happens way too often.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Christa Pike from TN being kept alive after two failed execution attempts?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget what I think is the most important reason for elaborate “humane” execution methods. Those ordering or tasked with the executions don’t want to think of themselves as the “bad guys”. Historically what that means has varied strongly. But in our societies we have very little official appetite for being bad or cruel in a physical manner.

  And then it’s a matter of required competency. It seems to require real skill to decapitate a person with a sword cleanly. Hanging cleanly is much less simple than it seems. Killing is fairly simple. Killing in a socially acceptable manner much less so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Christa Pike from TN being kept alive after two failed execution attempts?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But that something else I don’t understand. Even DIY executions really should, scientifically, be a solved problem. Potassiumiodide as a leathal agent is essentially a stock compound that should easily be sourceable, even be made by oneself. Sure, pharmaceutical grade will be more difficult, but the goal is to kill someone. Afaik it’s quite an unpleasant experience, so for the executioners to feel better it’s proceeded by some sedative and perhaps a muscle relaxant. Both of those should be available as some generic noname drug. And even if not, those have been around for decades and are a solved problem that could be made in-state. If you consider how much money is thrown at the military-industrial complex and even at law enforcement with rubbish like tanks and heavy weapons for “law enforcement” the money for in-state manufacture of the required drugs should be available. Maybe they can’t find enough chemists/pharmacists without a conscience? But even so I suspect the real reason is simply them wanting to be cheapskates.

  And if they want it cheap, they should man up and use one of those in old non-industrial methods. But I guess that makes them too obviously the bad guys.

  Tldr: being so incompetent almost has to be a conscious choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. warns Siemens devices can be hacked amid fears Iran is breaching water plants⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Any IT device can be hacked. We completely missed the evolutionary opportunity to have secure computing devices. Proper object capability machines would make it possible. But quick and dirty and by Friday is what we got instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Settle a debate can potato's and noodles go together and taste great with sauce and other things? (I say it can) However my mother says two starches should never be cooked because it's too much.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  More combined starches: Verheiratete (German, something like “married couple”) are a kind of dumplings with potatoes together with diced fried bacon. One of my favourite local foods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Property taxes are local — they fund schools,

  Funding schools by highly localized tax isn’t universal. The US adopted it to make sure less affluent areas have worse schools. I believe the UK does similar things, but they also want marked differences between public and private school alumnus.

  but most that tried it abandoned it — capital flight and valuation headaches.

  And most importantly: relentless lobbying by the wealthy to get rid of those taxes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hm, I wanted to respond it seems more like the 500€ note, but it appears to not be produced anymore since 2019.

  Those noone really wanted to have to deal with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a revolution started tomorrow in the US to get rid of Trump, could the majority of society use hit and run tactics successfully? Or what would be the tactics the rebels would use?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are thinking the wrong place. Not Waco, but Tulsa 2.0. The Tulsa race massacre is more what would happen, unfortunately.