Joseph-Ignace Guillotin did not invent the machine that was named after him. In fact, the doctor and Freemason privately opposed the death penalty and only proposed the device as a less painful method of execution because he thought abolishing the death penalty was politically unviable. Similarly, this website does not seek violence, but aspires to use existing technology and methods as a catalyst for drastically improving society.
However, unlike Dr. Guillotin's attempt at incremental change, this website seeks revolutionary change. And it does so with a mindset and tools aimed at preventing bloodshed, rather than expediting it. Those were Guillotin's crucial mistakes. He tried to avoid starting a revolution which caused human society to burst even more violently. Because when revolution came at the end of the 18th century, it did so with tools readily built to hasten the cruelty of angry people. As our modern society is going through a social upheaval, governments are trying to quickly build as many weapons as inhumanly possible... Because, surely, nothing can go wrong this time, right?
Inspired by the French revolution, the perspective of this website also draws from the industrial revolution, the universal suffrage movement, and, to a lesser extent, the populist rise of communism and fascism. It looks at the past with the intent to learn how to deal with the future. Thus, the aim is to use both physical and digital tools to build local community. To unite people around their common goals without being burdened by centralized control of their daily activities. To break with a status quo that dictates false political dichotomies, enables broken monetary systems and affirms sociopathic warmongering leadership.
The name of this website also intends to educate about the use of language. Language can be very deceptive for a variety of reasons. The origin of words does not always correspond with its modern day usage. The meaning of words can change by people casually using words as they see fit, but it can also happen from intentional marketing, propaganda, or other malicious means.
