A closer look
Dutch citizens became so angry with their Grand Pensionary, Johan de Witt, during a disastrous political crisis in 1672 that an angry mob completely overwhelmed his guards, assassinated him, and then literally ate parts of his body. The public was furious over a sudden invasion by French and English forces, so they naturally decided the most logical response to a complex geopolitical failure was to forcefully cannibalize their own democratically elected leader. It takes a very special kind of political dissatisfaction to move past organizing a simple protest and go straight to roasting your prime minister's internal organs in the public square. This horrific event remains the absolute gold standard for extreme voter turnout, heavily emphasizing the terrifying consequences of failing to satisfy your constituents. Honestly, modern politicians should consider themselves incredibly lucky when all they get is a bad poll number
