Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left

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The world was a better place when politicians had to worry about get tarred and feathered, quartered, or thrown out of windows.
- That world isn't a better place. The problem with violence is who decides when it's used, and why it's used.
  I don't want politicians I support (who in my view are taking reasonable, legal actions) to be assaulted by opponents. It's why we have due process, so that it's not just a case of "we have a mob big enough to do this".
  Quartering? That's awful. Violence or detainment should not be used as punishment or to inflict pain, only to prevent future harmful actions.
  
  Yeah but have you seen the parliamentary brawls from other countries? Way better than the WWE or UFC
- So never?
- You forgot one small thing - 99% of the population were literally slaves during these wonderful times.
  
  99% of the population were literally slaves
  .... something seems off
  
  Well, if you think that peasantry was cool...
  
  slavery and peasantry are distinct, though I understand they are similar in many important and relevant ways
  there are only pretty minor (and impractical) differences between feudal peasants and contemporary employer-employee arrangements
  There is a reason many have suggested we are headed toward (or already in) a neo-feudalism
  I say if we have to live as peasants anyway, let's bring back tar and feathering
  Edit: hell, we even still have lord and tenant as titles
  
  Contemporary employer-employee arrangements are not even close to the feudal peasantry.
  
  Damn, guess i'll just take your word for it.
  I was reading this but maybe you're reading something else.
  
  That's some commie lunacy.
- Hot take: The world was better when the ruler was trained from birth to govern. Let's start training people from birth to govern, and give them access to more power. Take away power from the Oligarchical media that has turned the poor against each other.
  
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