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  1. …in reply to @BriannaWu
    BriannaWu Honestly it’s not so much guillotining billionaires I’m against (if they resist) it’s the way the rest of the Reign of Terror went. Robespierre started off with promise and then went crazy. Movements that start with violence have a tough time stopping using it as a tool.
    1. …in reply to @markemer
      BriannaWu And frankly that’s what scares me. Because unlike the gilded age jerks the depression isn’t around to force regulation, nor are unions, and they have about the self awareness of the French back then. Which makes me worry, guillotine jokes aside, for the future here.
      1. …in reply to @markemer
        BriannaWu Because it won’t be the American Revolution, or The French Revolution, or even the Civil War. It will be the Balkans. With way crazier people and way more guns. And if that doesn’t make you lose sleep at night…