
I think capital punishment is acceptable and even necessary sometimes for a functioning state with sovereignty. Not even in the “I’m against it for everything except the worst of serial killers” way, more in the “if someone powerful attempts a coup on your government and fails, yeah man they kinda gotta go, nothing left to be done about it”
Like, for example, if you have a guy who was in power, and then got voted out of power, and then incited a riot in the halls of the legislature in an attempt to impede the peaceful transfer of power. That person’s gotta be made an example of, especially if it’s the first time in the history of your regime that anyone’s tried that.
My economic views lean left, but I’m more conservative on certain social issues. Political beliefs aren’t a package deal, and the left isn’t a monolith. Disagreeing with some left-wing positions doesn’t automatically make me a conservative. Address my actual beliefs instead of gatekeeping political labels.