A decentred leaderless movement aims to shut down France on 10 September in a powerful attack on the bankruptcy of Macronism ~ punkacademic ~ It’s unusual that the loss of a Prime Minister and their government might not be the worst thing to happen in a week for a sitting French President, but this week
And also careful about this concept. We use it as a meme, but it also has a history linked with capital punishment here that most people do not want to see back.
Yes, my last link points to a discussion about this very article and why one needs actually a bit more nuance. The guillotine is indeed both the symbol of revolution but also of the death penalty by an oppressive state. It has a double meaning and one must know both and be careful when handling that symbol.
https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/i2ip80/the_people_deserve_a_guillotine_emoji/
https://www.change.org/p/unicode-guillotine-emoji
This was a recurrent demand!
And also careful about this concept. We use it as a meme, but it also has a history linked with capital punishment here that most people do not want to see back.
Evergreen: https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too
Yes, my last link points to a discussion about this very article and why one needs actually a bit more nuance. The guillotine is indeed both the symbol of revolution but also of the death penalty by an oppressive state. It has a double meaning and one must know both and be careful when handling that symbol.