Given corporate personhood, destroying the companies could be considered corporate murder. (I admit it's a very stretched reading.)

I agree that is a favorable reading.

But it is especially a stretch in the context of January 6th which involved violence directed at people. And the rest of the paragraph laments that future action must be nonviolent.

So, in fact, it's not advocating the violence.

It’s hard to say. Words like “I’d like” and “unfortunately” make me think it’s a desire for violence but an acknowledgement that it’s not worthwhile. Like I said, I’m trying to find the favorable reading. It seems hyperbolic at best.

tech workers are replaceable. even if we assume violence was implied, it s better directed at their datacenters.

I did not find it very hard to assume a not-the-worst-possible reading of the comment. What's with the comment police here lately that's labeling various comments? I hope this ain't becoming the new twitter

Are you aware of what “water the tree of liberty” references?

It is a Thomas Jefferson quote:

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

In the context of January 6th it’s hard to make a leap to metaphorical server blood. Datacenters still have people inside them, no mention of servers was made. Only a quote from a man who waged a real war.

> tech workers are replaceable.

Speaking as a tech worker, no, my life is not replaceable.

> I did not find it very hard to assume a not-the-worst-possible reading of the comment.

The not-the-worst-possible reading being what? Mobs attacking data centers?

> What's with the comment police here lately that's labeling various comments? I hope this ain't becoming the new twitter

I feel the same way. So let's tone down the rhetoric. If this post was metaphorical hyperbole it is the kind that got a president impeached.