Yes. In Iran they routinely kill enemies of the regime in public and/or hang them from cranes for display. I can’t fathom the folks that are currently the in crowd elites. I’d rather be dead than support a dystopian shit hole.
dzonga 4 hours ago [-]
if you've read enough history you know the authoritarian path the u.s is headed down towards.
this public execution buys implied consent to execute 'enemies' of the state.
it also forces state governors aligned with the president to livestream executions of those on death row as 'deterrent'. then later go execute enemies of the state.
however as most people know through projects like the innocence project - some people on deathrow are innocent but are victims of racism etc.
quantified 3 hours ago [-]
This will fire up the jihadis and encourage the cycle. Very different than the obscurity into which the mastermind of the World Trade Center truck bombing was thrown.
techteach00 5 hours ago [-]
We're going down a dark path. An uncivilized one. It will eventually touch people far more innocent than the criminal in this case.
krapp 4 hours ago [-]
>We're going down a dark path. An uncivilized one. It will eventually touch people far more innocent than the criminal in this case.
You need to update your priors a fair bit. The government has already sent innocent people to prison camps and gunned them down in the street.
steve-atx-7600 43 minutes ago [-]
To be fair Trump has done so much crazy shit that it leaves most people in a fog of chaos. I’m ashamed I forgot about the ICE tragedies already…been working too much lately. I’m most angry with people that stood by and did nothing to stop him when they might have had a chance. Whose career is so important that they’d rather keep it and live in these times with these tragedies unfolding.
King-Aaron 3 hours ago [-]
Trump today is spouting some big surprise coming to do with Project 2025. These people explicitly spelled out the direction they would take the country with this document, and so many people chose not to believe them.
The plan was always to create a fascist authoritarian state and yet people are still only just waking up to it.
krapp 3 hours ago [-]
>yet people are still only just waking up to it
Some people, maybe. But Trump already had four years in office, he and his base were known quantities, their beliefs were broadcast all over the media and social media. Almost everyone who voted for him knew exactly what he was about, don't let them tell you otherwise.
buildsjets 5 hours ago [-]
And so the Trump Administration joins ISIS and Al-Quaeda in the “Livestreams Executions” club.
Now where did we put that superior intelligence? It was just here a second ago …
expedition32 5 hours ago [-]
The last public execution in my country ended up such bloody debacle that the crowd ended up attacking the officials. The death penalty was quickly abolished after that.
hexapus 2 hours ago [-]
Would be nice if the citizens of the US had that kind of fire in their bones.
blackqueeriroh 2 hours ago [-]
Fascinating you think they don’t
hexapus 2 hours ago [-]
They let it get this far, but I truly hope they disprove my intuition in this regard.
4 hours ago [-]
bjourne 4 hours ago [-]
Absolutely despicable and very ominous sign about the return of barbarism. I hope the new American pope protests. Turning an execution into entertainment is not a Christian value.
SpicyLemonZest 4 hours ago [-]
It’s incredible how dedicated Hegseth is to being evil. So many regime officials are merely greedy or suck-ups, and he’s out here manufacturing completely pointless evil that Trump did not ask for and will not benefit from.
throwaway81523 4 hours ago [-]
There are conflicting reports about Hegseth possibly running for president. So this may be a campaign stunt.
Hegseth has maintained a consistent, principled position for his entire tenure that the military needs to be visibly murdering people. He routinely posts snuff footage where they murder purported “narcoterrorists”. I really think it’s wrong to postulate any deeper explanation; he’s just an evil man who prefers to do bad things rather than good ones.
totallygeeky 5 hours ago [-]
I sincerely hope this is foiled by technical problems and treated as snuff content. A sickening thing to try and encourage people to watch.
Those aren't places whose approach to justice the US should emulate. Civilized governments did away with public execution a century ago²
In fact, one argument I recently have used in support of the war with Iran is that the Islamic Republic still holds public executions.
¹ https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-where-public-e...
² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_execution
this public execution buys implied consent to execute 'enemies' of the state. it also forces state governors aligned with the president to livestream executions of those on death row as 'deterrent'. then later go execute enemies of the state.
however as most people know through projects like the innocence project - some people on deathrow are innocent but are victims of racism etc.
You need to update your priors a fair bit. The government has already sent innocent people to prison camps and gunned them down in the street.
The plan was always to create a fascist authoritarian state and yet people are still only just waking up to it.
Some people, maybe. But Trump already had four years in office, he and his base were known quantities, their beliefs were broadcast all over the media and social media. Almost everyone who voted for him knew exactly what he was about, don't let them tell you otherwise.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/pete-hegseth-...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/29/hegseth-de...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/hes-doing-a-fantastic-j...