On: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

[GolfPopper]

For anyone who hasn't seen Mitchell and Webb's "Are We the Baddies?"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h242eDB84zY&pp=ygUSYXJlIHdlIHR...

[ortusdux → GolfPopper]

I opened the news and almost threw my phone after reading just the first two headlines - ICC sanctions and televised executions.

[hypfer → ortusdux]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-livestream-army-execution-f...

Here's the second news thing mentioned for people that also did go "what??" but do not want to spend 5 extra seconds to Google like me.

[vjvjvjvjghv → hypfer]

Next thing is probably setting up a guillotine in front of the White Hose or the planned Arc de Trump.

[hypfer → vjvjvjvjghv]

Nah that is not Cyberpunk Tech enough, and also far too close to visuals and ideas of the working class rebelling against the people in power.

I could imagine something _like_ that happen, but it would be a different kind of spectacle, where it is ensured that it projects ideas that _stabilize_ the current structure.

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Hmm.. although, if they have a good propaganda guy, they might actually do the Guillotine and annex that symbol as an ultimate power move.

I can see that working out and doing double duty.

[avaer → hypfer]

Might I suggest Monday Night Rehabilitation from Idiocracy? The Idiocracy playbook has worked pretty well so far.

[hypfer → avaer]

Oh I have a good idea.

Have some robot surgeon give people neuralink implants that humiliate them in some way. Maybe give the twitch chat some interactivity.

Punch yourself in the face, convict. Do a backflip and fail doing so. Make the guy say things he despises.

There's so much fuel in the cyberpunk dystopia tank.

[Ccecil → vjvjvjvjghv]

Delivery driver showed up early though....

https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/uscp-arrest...

[expedition32 → vjvjvjvjghv]

The guillotine is too French, too modern and too humane.

America is run by extremist Christians so eventually it will be death by drowning, stoning or whatever else the Bible recommends.

[edoceo → expedition32]

Caring for the poor? Getting money out of the temple? Treating immigrants with respect?

Despite what these "christians" do their book has a few good ideas. Wonder if they've read it.

[nom → expedition32]

nailed to a cross

sadly it no longer feels absurd

[onlyrealcuzzo → ortusdux]

Seems like behavior you'd expect from someone who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize though, right?

[pepperoni_pizza → onlyrealcuzzo]

Only the FIFA Peace Prize.

[beej71 → onlyrealcuzzo]

"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America."

[password54321 → ortusdux]

They are trying to desensitise the public before moving on to more extreme things.

[lossolo → ortusdux]

Only three countries carry out public executions: Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea. I guess there will be four now, with the U.S. joining this "prestigious" group.

[api → ortusdux]

This isn't as bad as I expected it to be, but there's two more years to go so we'll see.

[nielsbot → api]

surprised by this.. the amount of steam rollering, wrecking balling, and pocket-lining is sad and shocking to me.

[ryandrake → nielsbot]

It should be sad but not shocking. They deliberately campaigned on causing maximum destruction, grief and chaos, and frequently used the phrase "we're going to make so much money." It was totally transparent and out in the open what the plan was, and people voted for that plan.

[verdverm → penskymaterial]

except for all the reposts on social media one cannot avoid?

[georgeecollins → GolfPopper]

This makes me think of all the guys with Punisher logos on their trucks. Very American.

[Hikikomori → GolfPopper]

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