Well Actually, guillotines are highly engineered and persnickety devices requiring specialized labor to both transport and operate them, rendering them an impractical tool that reifies labor inequalities in the field of revolutionary executions
A noble, merchant, and engineer await execution. The guillotine blade jams, so the noble is set free, to the crowd's displeasure. Despite repairs, the blade jams again and the merchant is also freed. Finally it's the engineer's turn, but before the blade drops he cries "STOP! I see the problem."