[3finmunchousen]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine

Alternatively, tax consumption over a certain threshold as though spending is income. Effectively instate a federal sales tax after one has spent $X dollars.

[roenxi]

There is a section on that page titled "Reign of Terror" talking about how eventually the revolutionaries were also guillotined.

Although violence can resolve a situation, negotiation with only the threat of violence gets much better results.