Like, how did they mean it? Did they build guillotines? Did they kidnap members of the ruling class and subject them to public sham-trials before executing them

Like, how did they mean it? Did they build guillotines? Did they kidnap members of the ruling class and subject them to public sham-trials before executing them? It's important to examine this claim carefully, when compared with the existence of for-profit prisons, prison labor, concentration camps; also when compared with gun-toting culture, like concealed carrying, brandishing, gun salutes, standing one's ground, shooting to kill, bringing guns to school... To be blasé and use your phrasing, going through high school, I happenh to know exactly [0] how many kids were lost because of gun and prison culture. Meanwhile I've yet to see kids using guillotines for anything beyond novelty-slicing melons. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_High_School_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_High_School_shooting