For awhile I was going down the rabbit hole of 'judicial' punishments in England 100s of years ago. I can see why the US Bill of Rights included the phrase about cruel and unusual punishments. Punishment could be anything the magistrate could dream up, and some of them were horrific.
Cruel and unusual punishment is making a comeback. Have you noticed that almost every movie or dramatic television series episode has a torture scene in it? Have you ever thought about why that is? It is done deliberately and consciously to condition us to accept the existence of torture in our society, so that our "leaders" (tyrants) can torture those they disagree with without facing legal consequences.
Oh yeah smart guy? Why are they making us wear masks? Oh shit.
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