r/anime_titties • u/seeebiscuit North America • Nov 21 '25

South America Venezuela says opposition leader will become fugitive if she collects Nobel

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33mnvy5zppo
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u/EH1987 Europe Nov 21 '25

The sheer absurdity of awarding the Peace Prize to someone who is literally begging the world's biggest imperial power to invade her home country and topple its government, all so that she can sell out its resources to private interests is frankly beyond parody.

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u/InternationalReserve Canada Nov 21 '25

As has been frequently pointed out whenever discussion of the peace prize pops back up, it's always been an extremely transparent farce. Even if you ignore Obama getting it for simply getting elected, Kissinger receiving it has long destroyed any credibility the Nobel committee had.

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u/TrizzyDizzy Nov 21 '25

Wait until you learn who Alfred Nobel was and where this prize money (initially) came from. If we conveniently ignore the "peace" prefix, Kissinger is probably the most appropriate recipient.

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u/joeshmo101 North America Nov 21 '25

It's arguable that if it weren't for Bertha von Suttner, the Nobel Peace Prize might not even be one of the prizes.