It is nothing short of murder for pay. The media companies are guaranteed to already be selling ad space for it and it will bring in billions. And- we should all know already that the nazi organization known as MAGA have already claimed their share of it.
PLEASE- Do not watch this. Do not let them monetize executions.
This paves the way for judges to issue executions far more frequently and will result in the most colossally vile abuse of our legal system we will ever know.
DO NOT WATCH IT. DO NOT SUPPORT MONETIZING MURDER.
(EDIT: it’s been brought to my attention that people need their hand held so, what I am referring to here is that MAGA is going to use American military and social media to publicly execute someone. Whoever hosted it will absolutely profit from it and there is no way MAGA isn’t also going to take their cut)
guess you never heard of sites like ogrish.com?"
I have not.
well, such places were popular clearinghouses for that kind of content. gore was the idercof the day. ogrish, faces of death, back in the 90s during the internet wild west ers, those things were hugely popular. the chechnyan rebel and isis( beheadings were normalized back then
Eww. Glad I don’t know about that. I can’t imagine.
Watchpeopledie is still around.
Or all of us stream it to your dogs while you are work and bulk dispute/ charge back and have them feel the wrath of payment processors everywhere.
Risky move, but could be worth it. Though I don’t have a dog and my cat doesn’t deserve to see that MAGA bullshit.
Or you could stream to your totally not possessed or evil antique dolls collection. The point is stream when you are demonstrably not.home to mess with their numbers and charge backs to meas with revenue.
I don’t think it’s going to be pay-per-view, so I don’t see how there would be an option for a charge back.
Advertisers will pay by the stream, regardless of whether anyone is actually watching.
I’m not convinced that advertising will be allowed, at least not this first time. If enough people watch, it could become a regular spectacle, and then it could eventually be monetized in that way.
I think that a streaming service or a social media platform will do it simply “for the exposure” to get people to sign up for their service.
Oh, fuck. It’s going to be a Truth Social exclusive, isn’t it?
“Don’t watch the snuff film!”
Well, okay. I wasn’t. But now I’m still not.
You’d be surprised that people don’t know what’s behind shit like this. They’ll watch it not knowing that their view counts as support to ensure it continues.
People are stupid, thats why I lost hope in any real fight against this
I doubt they care if anyone supports it. They’re just doing it to get their own rocks off. It will continue as long as they’re there.
While I don’t know if the stream will be monetized, I can see how the event being profitable would incentivize more of it
You doubt Trump cares about viewership numbers?
Why would he care? He’ll just invent the number anyway regardless.
This is literally turning into Monday Night Rehabilitation from Idiocracy.
This whole cabinet is like a less funny version of that movie.
in Idiocracy they are idiots that know it and try to do good. This has nothing to do with these human fecal dejections at the white house.
The people in Idiocracy are dumb. The people in power now are cruel and dumb.
I don’t even know what the fuck you’re talking about.
Pete Hegseth is live-streaming a military execution soon.
Maybe try paying attention to what’s going on.
Maybe don’t assume everyone on the fediverse is USA-ian.
It’s world news bud. America is part of the world.
I assume you know about the guy who decided to eat an onion because that occurred in the world too.
You should stop assuming. That’s what causes these problems.
So you’re the only one who can safely make assumptions on behalf of others? Ok, noted.
What assumptions have I made?
To be fair that was the prime minister of Australia at the time and he did it in front of cameras during an interview, brown onion, skin and all.
He was the worst prime minister Australia had ever seen (not for the onion, his other policies were also shit house) but holy moly he looks like a socialist saint compared to the current US admin.
Maybe try establishing an introduction to your rants instead of assuming we all live within your headspace.
Maybe try paying attention and not expecting people to hold your hand. That or maybe try accepting that if you don’t know what someone is talking about- move on, it’s not for you.
The 5 seconds you spent making a snide response could have been used to just add an informative link instead. And doing that would have the potential to inform people and bring them to your side. Hundreds of lurkers aren’t going to look up the totally unknown thing you’re upset about, especially when you’re being antagonistic. They’re just going to dismiss you and your message and move on to the next post. But if your goal is to feel superior and dunk on folks who are less informed about US current events than you, then: great job! keep up the good work!
The story that OP, myself and countless other USians are upset about (among so many other daily awful events): # Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmy0r96xygx6o
I don’t care for holding peoples hands. It’s a pretty major story. One can’t avoid see this unless they are intentionally avoiding it. And if they are, then they need to see posts like this with the hopes that it might influence them to start paying attention.
This effect all of us.
*affects
*iOS autocorrect. I’m done correcting it.
So gather all information about a thing we should not watch? Kinda like asking for a link to be sure we can avoid it.
This is the 1st time I hear about it, so your post kinda defeats the purpuse, it sparks intrest.
No hate for you tho. I am against any kind of execution, deserved or otherwise. Making a circus + money out of it make me vomit.
So…. MAGA is going to publicly execute someone live.
I wonder why they decided to do it that way…
Most likely as a publicity stunt to distract the voter base from their many egregious, embarrassing failures. Picking a topic where they look like monsters at least avoids discussion of their weakness and how much of a chump you’d have to be to vote for them to remain in power.
A guy who shot up a military base in Texas (murica) some time back is going to be executed by firing squad (murica) and they have said it will be livestreamed (murica)
Whaaaat the fuck?
That’s the correct reaction, thank you
Check his comments
No need to check my comments. It’s just part of the news. It’s a thing that is happening that is being widely covered.
Widely covered in America. The rest of the world probably skipped that one.
I’m aware of it, mostly because of my doomscrolling of Fediverse but I also saw a Brazilian news outlet (G1 Globo) publishing a news article about it. So I can guarantee you; no, we “the rest of the world” didn’t skip that one.
In fact, personally, I’m far from merely aware of the upcoming USian “Faces of Death 2026 Remake” as a Brazilian; it’s one of the things actively weighing currently in my head in ways that, simultaneously with all the ongoing shitshow I’m watching going on in this demiurgic world and around me, are further desensitizing me regarding my own… fate.
Oh, it goes without saying, no, I’m not going to watch the awful upcoming live assassination.
Unless Reuters, BBC, and the Associated Press are secluded to the US only, its world news.
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Hey kiddo. This wasn’t for you. You really need to stop the entitled bulshit and scroll past things that don’t pertain to you. Mmmkay?
Tell your little entitled friends to stop attacking people for posting shit that they have no interest in, or aren’t informed about and I won’t have to call them out in defense of myself.
Blocking you because you’re annoying.
American mind can’t comprend the world is bigger than the anglosphere
Foreign mind can’t comprehend that not everything is meant for their consumption.
You posted this on [email protected]. And you have the gall to talk down to people asking what it is about.
And for those of us who don’t have our antenna/cable connected, and live in Australia… or anywhere else in the world…?
Context does help when you’re posting on a website the world has access to
Then I guess it really wasn’t meant for them to begin with and it’s okay if they just scroll past it.
A significant part of Lemmy is very US centric and that’s why it’s hard to find anything interesting.
So it’s alright with you if someone from another country stumbles across a link or advertisement for the live execution and pays to see it? As long as they’re not american…
Jesus fucking Bean Soup, dude. Not everything caters to you. That you don’t care doesn’t mean it’s not a relevant topic
Reuters and BBC have news about it, but it’s not top news. You need to scroll a bit and keep your eyes open or you’ll miss it.
Oh. Well then please accept my apologies for posting about something that so many people are unaware of. I’ll get and keep the entire population of lemmy’s interests in mind before I think to post about something that concerns me.
You’re welcome. Always glad to be of assistance.
Most people across the world, when following news, don’t check Reuters, BBC and AP. They’re all in English and pay little attention to more narrow national news outside US/UK.
Fair enough. I can see that. The point remains however.
Bro I live in America and your vague-ass post is the first I’ve heard of this. I guess I live under a rock, idk, but you don’t have to act like an asshole to people who have no idea what you’re talking about.
I’m not acting like an asshike. I’m just tired of hiding peoples hands and guiding them to a point. For fucks sake. If they don’t know what’s happening or what the pair is about, they can move on. I don’t go making fun of people and being an asshole to others when they pair shit I don’t understand.
Believe it or not, complaining about “handholding” people who just haven’t looked at the news yet today and happened to stumble across your post first, sounds a lot like being an asshole.
Yet it’s not being an asshole to comment on a post complaining that you don’t understand it?
There a fuckton of shit posted on lemmy I don’t understand. Linux shit. Cybersecurity shit. Anime shit…. You’ve know what I do?
I move past it. It’s not for me. I don’t need to understand it and indont act like an asshole to the authors of these posts that I don’t get it.
I’m not entitled to understand everything I consume. So how about you go complain to the kids that believe energy. They read needs to be undershot and direly written and formatted for their abject understanding.
You can bet I won’t ever post to this community again though. So congrats- touve helped to curate the content in your little walled garden.
Do not let them monetize executions.
No worries, it was always gonna get pirated.
It’s going to be another thing that when I hear somebody partook in it I can clear them off of my give a fuck list forever.
If someone asks me if I watched it and then proceeds to tell me that they did, I’ll just walk away. I have no time for anyone who would willingly watch a murder.
I support public executions. Keeping them behind closed doors only protects capital punishment supporters and prison officials.
Americans should look at what’s done in their name.
In an ideal world where people are disgusted by death, sure.
But way too many Americans would happily cheer on this execution for it to work as deterrent.
I am astounded that especially Americans seem to be the ones who do not know about this. Even the public broadcaster here put it as a headline on both it’s homepage and it’s news segments, right next to the US showing they have no qualms with people who commit atrocities and instead attacking the people who fight against the people who committed these atrocities. Our newspapers (even the crappy free ones) also all reported on this.
It really shows the true mental state of the US - either so overworked that they can’t engage anymore because of a lack of ressources, so overwhelmed by what is happening that they stop engaging with current events, fully committed to this insanity or a small part of the populace that still cares. There doesn’t seem to be much inbetween anymore
Are YOU stupid enough to watch our TV? Because we aren’t.
Only the sick moronic fucks who support MAGA will watch it.
Nidal Malik Hasan explicitly wants to be martyred. I’ll be tuning in to watch specifically to honor that.
Everyone who watches is going to witness a man in a wheelchair get shot to death by several US soldiers as he sits there and makes no attempt to fight back or flee. This event will radicalize people, and will be an important part of US- if not world- history
You’re going to honor someone who murdered people. Got it. Enjoy being a shitty person. Blocking you now.
The same people who shed tears of rage when people were sharing Kirk’s death footage for fun.
Well, that’s not very fair! I just watched a tiger maul a guy and I’m not to keen on that happening again! Although it probably will… Because that’s something like the second time in 10 years :P
Jokes aside, I agree. Fuck Kegsbreath and the entire republicunt party! These people are fucked in the head.
I would kinda like a list of anyone that buys advertising for the broadcast.
I’ve got a better reason… Watching it will only make you a worse person. And I don’t mean in the sense it’s morally wrong, but that the act of joining in the crowd cheering for suffering and death will inevitably chip away at your empathy
I doubt the primary reason is monetary, this is the kind of wannabe influencer bullshit the MAGA leaders love to put on. It’s performative larper fascism. I’m sure someone will find a way to make a profit, but they’re doing it for the sake of doing it. It just makes their nipples hard
But more importantly, hate is a poison. Exposure makes it just a little bit easier to stomach next time. It’s feeding the wolf in you that lusts for hurting others
Every American needs to watch to drive home the horror about what their country has become. Every one of them should be forced to watch. Because turning away from the spectacle is turning away from the horror. No American should be allowed to bury their fucking head in the sand and pretend like it’s not as bad as it is.
Fuck that. You do not need to watch a live streamed snuff film. Absolutely not
That will not drive any point home that a decent person wants people to understand, have you seen someone die violently before? I have. I reacted by getting children away before trying to help, I had the benefit of acting perfectly according to my morals without thought
The most disturbing part is how life just goes on like nothing happened. The most disturbing part how easily you can witness a death you have no part in and just keep going. Like it never even happened
I see what you’re trying to go for, but this is not the way.
Whoever hosted it will absolutist from it
Your edit ____ a word.
Yeah. That’s iOS autocorrect for ya.
So, uh, are you going to edit your post again to fix it?
Already did.
My bad, Voyager didn’t refresh when I expected it to.
It’s all good. I’m on voyager as well.
I’m okay with mass murderers being executed; there’s no question of his guilt.
I do think that it should be pay-per-view, with the earnings going directly to the victims and their families.
There’s much worse on video available everywhere, just awful torture and rape and murders from all of our various wars.
We’ve all seen all of the horror that we want and probably more; this is PG material, really, it wouldn’t even qualify for an R rating.
What a Libertarian solution to a problem.
It isn’t Libertarian, it’s capitalist.
Libertarians are usually against the death penalty, in my experience; the party platform is against executions.
As am I… personally, I wouldn’t televise this, and am usually against the death penalty, but there are exceptions.
- This is a mass murderer without any question of guilt.
- This is a military crime, not civilian.
Cool. So supporting this is asking for it to happen more. And as I said, there will be far more execution verdicts passed down because the judges and MAGA will want their cash as well.
This will end poorly.
Sweet. I’m okay with more mass murderers being executed, and more execution verdicts of mass murderers.
Judges and MAGA and Democrats are making money hand over fist with no executions of mass murderers. They can’t make more money. They have all of the money.
… and of course this will end poorly. Every empire falls, they all end poorly.
