• Skyrmir@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Nah, assassinations tend to have poor political outcomes. It creates martyrs and draws more to follow the cause, while excusing more extreme retribution. Political violence is more effective when targeting the systems that support the oppression.

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              2 months ago

              Thompson was a supporter and part of the system, not a leader. Background people like him are a crap shoot. They can get lionized or demonized depending on who can get the narrative out better.

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            2 months ago

            I’m just hoping for a stroke that gives him locked in syndrome for a few years so he can experience hell on earth in case Dante’s hell doesn’t exist.