>>8348528 (lb) Thermite would do it. Buildings do sometimes collapse on their own, yes indeed. But rarely, and it would be the whole building tipping over on the foundation, a la Tower of Pisa. Combined with the timing of this, and what category of people were inside, this "might" be an insurance kill. Many claim that healthy people are rounded up and killed. This could be a select group of perceived enemies of the state, finished off with plausible denial by the perps. Those pesky social scores, tsk.
>>8349504 Thompson spoke many uncomfortable truths during his career. He was also a low life. He also killed himself, based on his writings leading up to the deed. Also, if he was murdered, then his wife had to be in on it, because she was speaking to him on the phone when he did it. The guy had run out of words, had nothing of importance left to write, and bewailed it. Was getting old, hated life & where/what he was, and shot himself.
>>8349707 Not equivalent to a fungus, that's a cinch. Probably the most fantastic of all plants. No punishment is enough for those who deliberately brought this about, & profited hugely from it while millions suffered & died. The entire family fortunes of such must be clawed back. For current family members who might be (somehow) innocent, let them work in the fields. For the rest, let them all face tribunals.
>>8349815 Mechanical advantage is used when harvesting hemp, like anything else.
https://www.wikihow.com/Harvest-Hemp