The Executioner Still Exists Today, Just Witha new axe #history

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]axe is made of headlines and the crowd still wants a show. You sometimes wonder what people will think centuries from now when they hear the word executioner.

[00:00:12]Will they picture a monster?

[00:00:14]A brute? Some faceless man in a hood swinging wildly for coin?

[00:00:20]Or will they understand the smaller truth that you were just another cog in the machinery of fear and order trying to sleep at night like everyone else?

[00:00:31]You doubt it.

[00:00:33]The world loves villains more than functionaries. Monsters make better stories than maintenance workers. Sound familiar?

[00:00:43]We like to think we've outgrown people like him, but if you squint if you look at modern justice, media, outrage you might still spot his shadow quietly doing the same old job.

[00:01:00]Only now the