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Malicious Compliance

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[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Eh. 100 years ago, "terrorism" meant "assassinating royalty".

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

did it actually? that is interesting.

ohhhh because it was coined during the French revolution. I should have guessed