I thought extreme violence was already normalised and ritualised in America? Selfishness and the power to coerce are basically sacred in the US... I guess they're just doing some final touches, lol.

It's incremental. We're now at the TOS s2e25 "Bread and Circuses" stage:

Everything old is new.

Just… four quotes deep with zero added information every time. Is this what people enjoy? Someone reporting something, and then three influencers quote-posting saying “this.” or the equivalent? What garbage.

It's all "engagement" bots anyway.

I’ll be honest, I was gonna share just the 2 quote deep one, and thought fuck it, why not it’s sorta funnier this way (to me). Sorta taking the piss here, tho I agree with the core statements

So a dude shared a screenshot of a woman screenshotting her own post…..

No, I shared a screenshot of a dude sharing a screenshot of a woman sharing a screenshot of herself on a different site replying to another woman.

We can go deeper. Preferably just not deeper into this current timeline.

"Yes, their teeth and ambitions are bared, BE PREPARED!"

What hast thou done!

Shut up, man; don't ruin this for me!

Let's be clear about what is happening.

Facts! (if you can see them)

Be aware.

No! You shut up!

I mean, the first one really isn't a quote, and the second one made clear what the first one said. The other two are worthless, though.

This.

The third level seems to be the same person reposting to a different platform, so that's completely reasonable to do, though including it in the screenshot if the higher up levels don't add anything of value.

The last two look like posting to other sites though, and the second-to-last is the same person as previously. So it's undestandable why the post looks like this - but I have zero desire to see the breadcrumb trail. Just the inner two would have sufficed.

Facts

Screenshot of a screenshot of a screenshot of a microblog post is a meme now?

In mah' d'hais...

this

Look out!

This!

100% FR!

Truth!

Zoinks!

As an Enlightened Centrist[TM], I think you should both shut up

Sure but if you want to get at the original message you'd have to be on X*tter and I wouldn't wish that on anyone

I wouldn't complain if this ends up backfiring on the Trump administration like it did on Robespierre.

You should probably get out of /microblogmemes then stupid

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At least OP used their thinking cap for the title.

You do realize it's different when the state does it, right?

Summit user spotted in the wild!

It kinda emphasizes that this isn't just one person's take, there's three different people who are all agreeing with this, and some of them might have name recognition with various audiences. I don't think it's pointless.

The US government has always been terrorists, they're just doing what they do.

I hope they don't livestream it not even the Mexican cartel or isis does that, they would just send the video with the body part to a family member or post it to an obscure gore site.

Like, the odd humanity behind the body part and a video sent to a family member by a cartel or a terrorist organization is radiant compared to a US government sponsored televised execution.

Edit :the lack of humanity behind a livestreamed execution is different and weird.

ITT: people absolutely shocked memes in a meme community are low effort.

Your neighbor will kill your dog and run you over because you don't have a picture of Dear Leader in your window.

Yeah so Ruth Ben Ghiat is complaining about fascism by paying a fascist

I'm sadly not surprised that so many people either don't know this or they think it's a good solution.

No. I don't think so.

I think the reasoning behind livestreaming this execution is much more esoteric than some kind of formulaic, meta-based strategy to acclimate the American population to violence on television.

Executions and acts of extreme violence have been circulating in American media for decades. Saddam Hussein's execution, for example, was widely broadcast after footage of his death circulated in 2006. We've also seen footage of American prisoners being beheaded by various extremist groups throughout the world. Moreover, heinous acts of violence can easily be found across the clear net.

So I don't buy the argument that this is some kind of long-term strategy to desensitize Americans to violence in preparation for some future expectation that they'll participate in it. We're already accustomed to living in a violent society, and we have very little difficulty watching, discussing, and consuming media depicting horrific acts of violence. That doesn't mean everyone is desensitized, but the idea that the government needs to introduce us to violence through a televised execution seems rather far-fetched.

I think there are more plausible explanations for why they would want to livestream Nidal Hasan's execution.

For one, it could be an attempt to demonstrate the consequences of attacking American service members and to project an image of strength and authority. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has explicitly framed the broadcast in terms of deterrence and ensuring that people understand the consequences of such actions.

Another possibility is that this is political theater. A public execution creates a powerful spectacle, appeals to certain political constituencies, and allows the administration to portray itself as uncompromising in its approach to terrorism and national security.

There's also the possibility that the administration genuinely believes the public nature of the execution will serve as a deterrent, despite the questionable assumption that broadcasting someone's death will meaningfully discourage ideologically motivated violence.

Ultimately, I think the more interesting question isn't whether the government is trying to acclimate us to violence, but why it believes making an execution a public spectacle serves its interests. The distinction matters, because demonstrating state authority, appealing to a political base, and attempting to deter future attacks are all very different objectives from conditioning the public to accept violence as a normal part of everyday life.