235
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is not strategically beneficial to threaten your opponent with death for surrendering. Doing so will cause them to fight to the death.

It is far better for us to have them submit to getting under the thumb of the proletarian state than it is to kill them. They can be legislated out of existence in a way that doesn't threaten any of them personally provided they're given no power in the state. We don't even need to rush that, they can probably be phased out in a way that barely affects their lives.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think at this point there's a tension between the strategic advantage of having billionaires willing to surrender (preserves forces, results in net gain of manpower) versus how fucking stoked the majority of people are to see them die (gains new loyalists, results in net gain of manpower) and to be honest I think that someone sitting down with a pen and paper could work out an optimal percentage that could then be applied on a case by case basis. No-names with vast fortunes? Whatever, reeducation. Your Bezos', Princes, Duponts and Langones? Written off by popular demand.

Edit: having thought about this more, I think you could even get the best of both worlds by rocking up to one of these fuhrerbunkers and announcing "We will be accepting the surrender of the employees but not the boss. In fact, any employees who feel like doing a little mutiny and bringing the boss out to us, or even just forgetting to lock the gate, will be handsomely rewarded."

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

Ahh yes, the Chinese method. "Kill the chicken to scare the monkey."

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

Lmao any situation you can imagine, China has already been there, done that and coined a proverb

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Why can't we be a bunch of Asians? doggirl-tears

[-] ComradeRat@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Western societies had (several traditions of) proverbs too, but capitalism killed 'em by smothering them out with mass media

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (8 replies)
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
235 points (100.0% liked)

Chapotraphouse

14310 readers
593 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS