No, that’s not what I said. A capital offense is a crime that CAN be punishable by the death penalty.

I believe that the goal of our judicial system should be rehabilitation and that in my ideal society we would abolish the death penalty. But we are far from that ideal society.

I think that the death penalty should be reserved for a certain class of crimes: crimes against humanity and crimes against the people. And that the burden of proof should be higher than beyond a reasonable doubt.

If a politician abuses their power and accepts bribes or commits fraud, or a CEO commits wage theft, then the death penalty should be on the table. We could even use commuted death sentences where they are given the opportunity to repay their stolen gains plus restitution.

Those politicians and CEOs will serve as an example to Joe Blow as to the seriousness of their crimes so that they don’t casually commit $10,000 in tax fraud as if it is some weird libertarian right. And if a private individual commits a serious enough level of fraud or show themselves to be unrepentant repeat offenders then yes, they should face the same consequences.

One is a human right, the other is defrauding the people and should be a capital offense.

Thanks Obama https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/us/obama-says-abortion-rights-law-not-a-top-priority-idUSN29466420/

Let me guess, you aren’t personally at risk of being kidnapped off the street and sent to the front lines as drone fodder.

This but unironically: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2010/02/why-obama-dropped-the-public-option/346546/

You were willing to overlook a genocide. We are not on the same side. Maybe one day you will come around to my side and we will welcome you. I will never come around to your side.

So what us stopping them from doing that without the mandate? There are two ways to interpret SawStop: SawStop are responsible for saving X number of fingers every year, and SawStop are solely responsible for ensuring that Y number of fingers are lost every year. Both are equally true and unless you are a SawStop board member or stock holder, you should admonish them more for the latter than you praise them for the former.

Because we are incredibly violent and have a lot of weapons. The capitalists seem intent on holding onto power for as long as possible even if it means making the world uninhabitable.

Make the technology free, as in speech and costs, otherwise it is a legislated monopoly and guaranteed corporate profits.

No, they are doing exactly what they were put there to do. They were carefully vetted and groomed for their position