• @Monkeyhog@lemmy.world
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      61 year ago

      Historically, people who attempt to overthrow their government get death. Hell, they still execute Guy Fawkes symbolically every year. And all we do is put them up in prison for 20 years? We’ve gone soft.

      • Echo Dot
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        111 year ago

        they still execute Guy Fawkes symbolically every year. And all we do is put them up in prison for 20 years

        Yeah but in reality the UK doesn’t have the death penalty for any crime anymore, including treason.

        Meanwhile the US regularly executes people for a single murder.

            • @Monkeyhog@lemmy.world
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              21 year ago

              I do, insurrection is the only crime I believe should merit the death penalty. Nothing else is even close to how dangerous that is. A murderer may kill a couple of dozen people at most, if someone overthrows the government, that could lead to death for millions and a shifting of history for decades if not centuries. That should be the only capital crime.