Posted on 01/10/2026 1:49:17 PM PST by Jacquerie
“Civil death” was a punishment under ancient French law—abolished in 1854—that extinguished the legal personality of the convicted individual: loss of property, family rights, and civil existence, while leaving the person physically alive.
Civil death—cruel, total, annihilating—was believed to belong to a bygone era. The European Union has just reinvented it—and made it worse.
The case of Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud, who has been struck with civil death by the EU, first caught my attention. By a sovereign decision dated December 15, 2024, the EU banned Mr. Baud from its territory and “froze” all his assets. However hard I searched, I was unable to determine precisely what Mr. Baud was accused of. I therefore turned to the legal texts of the European Union itself.
On October 8, 2024, the European Union granted itself the power to ban from its territory and seize all assets belonging to individuals who plan, direct, carry out, directly or indirectly support, or otherwise facilitate the “manipulation of information and interference”. This power also applies to any natural or legal person associated with such individuals, or who supports them (Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2643 and Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642).
But what exactly does “manipulation of information” mean? Is not 99% of EU communication—particularly in the fields of energy and the environment—wholly or partly a form of information manipulation?
To be placed on the EU’s list of civilian deaths—of living burials—all that is required is for the EU’s so-called “Minister of Foreign Affairs” to request it, imagine it, and have her request validated by the Council.
Consequently, Mr. Baud no longer has any rights, and all his assets have been seized—without even being heard. Do you find this acceptable? Even the courts of the Inquisition allowed the accused to speak before sentencing them.
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Playing god is just asking for someone to prove you are not immortal at all.
Civil Death for a tweet the European Commission didn’t like!
just who are the fascists?
Well, I will now tell my wife we won’t take any trips to the EU.
That sort of extreme behavior cannot be trusted on US citizens, there.
That’s an absolutely incredible dystopia!
Much like the law at the time of the Salem Witch trials. make a plea and your property would be confiscated.
One man accused, refused to make a plea. They tied him down and placed heavy stones on him to force him to make a plea. His last words were...”More Weight!”
He died without making a plea and the sheriff could not confiscate his property from his family.
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