I saw a billboard (in California) for a gofundme for Texas disaster relief. That feels peak 2025 to me.

Things will get wild once someone invents a decentralized assassination market.

Plot twist their CIA version is thinking about a coup.. or just as simple a bribe..

I seem to recall reading one of the divisive things the cipherpunks on their mailing list discussion was about untraceable digital money (before Bitcoin) and the thought experiment about just this very kind of thing (minus the siren server like GoFundMe, because why would you want that in the mix if you were doing this kind of thing).

Not that anyone set it up, and the many proposals around digital cash did not really gain traction until 2009 or so...but this was from the 90s.

link? :p

Did you know that it’s illegal to say, “I wish someone would kill the president of the united states”?

Nope: can't know things that aren't true.

It's not a true threat. When someone said

If they ever make me carry a rifle the first man I want to get in my sights is L.B.J.

that, too, was rejected as a true threat. The Secret Service may pay you a visit, though.

So, when are you not killing the president?

Will no one rid us of this turbulent president?

Okay but what about investing in the Fatwa ETF?

But I thought murica was the pinnacle of free speech? 😮

You can, however, wish bad fortune and ill luck befall the president. Its the "I want a person to do a thing" problem because it sounds like you could looking for somebody to hire.

"Freedom of speech" mfs when it's not about literal speech.

When I see a cheeto on the floor, there is always a demon voice in my head telling me to stomp it with my foot

Unless it's part of a piece of art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUVbBswGmPM

In the US.

Most countries wouldn't care at all.

"The above sum ($40,286, 867) will be received by the people who have committed themselves to any freedman who will carry out the sentence of justice."

($45,286, 867)

"A photo of the deceased will be published."

($50,286, 867)

"A recording of their last words will be published."

($60,286, 867)

"Ol' Pete will get the Russian resignation treatment."

($65,286, 867)

"Marco will get a special tea to drink."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie

Yes, but since all the bumbling toddlers in the US vote for Trump, he's a powerful figurehead. I mean, I'm all for killing the rest on your list too, but he'd be a fantastic start.

I realize theyre now all in office now, so you may be right. But did anyone notice how the bumbling idiot orange puppet was a critical part of gaining that power?

He is certainly a puppet, but maybe without that puppet, it'll be like trying to play He-Man when the kid next door took your He-Man figure.

Swap the prisoners in Gitmo for the Heritage Foundation

So the plot of Eagle Eye and Designated Survivor.

You’d have to remove half the supreme court

Make that two thirds of the Supreme Court. Most of the worst decisions have been 6-3.

Your comment made me actually open the article. Sadly your comment seems to be fake. I want to believe!!

The Nike ad campaign I could get behind

I'm picturing Taco dressing up as "Buck Dancer" and arguing over hotel staff about the proper handling of baked goods and whether they are "freshly baked" by the in-house chef, or just Pepperidge Farm products.

🤣

this is how I knew what a fatwa is