People are murdered every day, yet assassinations of public officials are rare events. A lot of murders are crimes of passion. It would seem that hatred of public officials does not stir the passions to such a degree that attempts against their lives would be more common. This old essay, which hasn't aged well, proposes a harebrained scheme to make a pool of money to incentivize and reward such assassinations. Anarchist have attempted against the lives of leaders, without guarantee of success, and at the cost of their own life, or their freedom. Have anarchists changed their mind about the utility or desirability of assassinations? Has the cost-benefit calculus changed? Are they no longer capable or willing to carry them out? Are they now more unfeasible, unethical, or undesirable than before? Source: TOTW: Assassination Politics | anarchistnews.org
