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Protesters set up guillotine in front of Jeff Bezos home, criticising Amazon for 'mistreating employees'

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A guillotine was erected outside Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's house in Washington DC on Sunday by protesters demanding the shopping giant be abolished.

The guillotine – an execution device famously used during the French Revolution against the country's ruling class, and subsequently against revolutionary leaders – is a frequently-used symbol by protesters criticising the mega-wealthy and politically powerful.

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Protesters set up guillotine in front of Jeff Bezos home

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Brinbe

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yeah, good. and it should be happening to any billionaire profiting off the backs of his thousands of workers
 
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Kay

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the rich have forgotten the social contract and think they starve us out and flee to mars. This isn't a threat of violence, this is self defense
 
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Kay said:
the rich have forgotten the social contract and think they starve us out and flee to mars. This isn't a threat of violence, this is self defense
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Any and all violence against capitalist and state institutions is self-defense.
 
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I'm not the biggest Bezos fan but I can think of at least 300 people that deserve the guillotine before him. Just look at congress.
 
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I'm guessing the same people who spit after they mention Bezos are going to concern troll about the "violent messaging" from the protesters.
 

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That's stupid on multiple levels. I think rich liberals with too many options forget how companies like Amazon makes things cheaper and more accessible for people in more remote areas.

He does need to give his workers better pay and conditions though
 

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That's stupid on multiple levels. I think rich liberals with too many options forget how companies like Amazon makes things cheaper and more accessible for people in more remote areas.

He does need to give his workers better pay and conditions though
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Imagine defending Bezos in 2020 with all that we know about him and Amazon

Come on

These people aren't liberals
 
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Vermillion said:
That's stupid on multiple levels. I think rich liberals with too many options forget how companies like Amazon makes things cheaper and more accessible for people in more remote areas.

He does need to give his workers better pay and conditions though
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How exactly do you know the financial situation of the people at this protest?
 
Quzar

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People are so giddy about their revenge fantasies. It's pretty fucking deranged.

"I don't think we should cut his head off" is caping for someone now?
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This is merely a threat of violence in reciprocation to the violence already placed on people by the billionaire class. Thinking that these people have the power to raid and kill Bezos is pure fantasy for those wanting to clutch pearls.

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How is "we should not endorse death threat" become that stuff?
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Because, again, this is a threat of violence in reciprocation tot he violence already placed on these people.
 
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Quzar said:
This is merely a threat of violence in reciprocation to the violence already placed on people by the billionaire class. Thinking that these people have the power to raid and kill Bezos is pure fantasy for those wanting to clutch pearls.
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That's why I called it "revenge fantasizing."
 
GYODX

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Yes, but you're the one pearl clutching about how they shouldn't threaten them. They already have violence being placed on them, so why do they not have the ability to threaten violence in defense?
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Same reason I don't believe in either vigilante violence or in capital punishment--even against *really* distasteful people.
 
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GYODX said:
"I don't think we should cut his head off" is caping for someone now?
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If you see working class people really angry at an exploitative soon-to-be trillionaire and your first response is that they are "pretty fucking deranged" then yes, that is caping for someone. Bezos has all the power in the world, I think his control of capital is far more scary than some guillotines.
 
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