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They gave a Peace Prize to Kissinger so I don't think the prize holds that much weight really.
by ThisIsMyAltAcct 3y ago
They gave a Peace Prize to Kissinger so I don't think the prize holds that much weight really.
- LinuxBender 3y agoAdding to this the origin was likely and unofficially attributed to a virtue signalling of the name-sake due to an accident of mistaken identity. [1] Allegedly when Alfred Nobel's brother died a reporter had mistaken Alfred's brother for Alfred and referred to him as the merchant of death in the obituary who had grown rich by developing new ways to “mutilate and kill”. Alfred responded by contributing some of his fortune to developing the peace prize. [1] - https://www.history.com/news/did-a-premature-obituary-inspire-the-nobel-prize https://www.history.com/news/did-a-premature-obituary-inspir...
- rsynnott 3y agoNote that this is just a _nomination_; previous nominees have included Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler (though Hitler was a joke). Quite a lot of people can nominate; there are typically a few hundred. Kissinger actually _won_ it.
- Zigurd 3y agoKissinger is (still) dead. Who has the stature to replace him?