Billionaire MAGA Palantir Bro Wants Public Hangings Back - The Logical Leftist

[TexasTowelie]

Palantir co-founder and venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale went on X and called for the return of public hangings — saying that men convicted of three violent crimes should be “quickly tried and hanged” in public to “deter others.” He wrapped it all in rhetoric about “masculine leadership” and “protecting the vulnerable.”

In this video, I break down why this isn’t just some edgy tweet from a tech bro, but a clear authoritarian tell:
– How his language mirrors how lynch mobs historically justified their violence
– Why billionaire-backed “law and order” always targets the powerless, not their own class
– How this fits into a broader pattern with Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, and the radicalization of Silicon Valley elites

We’ll look at the responses from journalists, academics, and even other tech figures who point out what this really is: a billionaire openly fantasizing about using the state to terrorize people in public as performance — while funding projects that claim to be all about “open inquiry” and “ethical leadership.

[RainCaster]

1. Let's start with them!

Just a thought

[KitFox]

2. Right out of "The Handmaid's Tale". The Republic of Gilead is their dream come true. When Margaret Atwood was

Interviewed recently, she recalled that when she first developed the concept for the book she thought the plot was kind of bonkers but continued because she had never believed the premise of “It can’t happen here.” She further remarked that minus the handmaid outfits, too much of her dystopian novel is alarmingly close.

[stage left]

3. He looks like a good, little Nazi.

Nice cold, dead eyes.

[soldierant]

4. Because of course.

It never occurs to any of them that changes in penal systems sinc the 18th century have become standard penology because they work - which the old systems did not.

And no, modern penlogy even at its best in not perfect. but it work a hell of a lot better then public hangings.