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When Justice Becomes Entertainment
When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed livestreaming the execution of convicted Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan, he raised a disturbing question: When does justice become entertainment? In this episode of Your Neighbor on the Left, we examine America's troubling history of public executions, the authoritarian governments that still practice them, and the culture of performative toughness surrounding Hegseth and the Trump administration. We also explore the religious justifications, questionable deterrence arguments, and moral contradictions behind turning state-sanctioned killing…
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