Pretty much all of the peace prize laureates are of white western origin, serve white western goals, or appease white western audiences. There are some outliers to that, of course, and especially in recent years, but all in all the prize mostly serves as a means of legitimizing western geopolitical goals. Hell, they gave Gorbachev one when he dissolved the USSR, an event that caused millions of deaths, multiple civil wars, famine, economic collapse, and generally the opposite of peace. They gave Obama one, pretty much just for being the first black president. The next year they gave one to an anti-communist activist no one in the west had heard of, who also never in his career achieved anything of note.
I’m in full support of the Nobel prizes for sciences and literature, but the peace prize is just a propagandist joke.
Yeah, i’m talking about Liu Xiaobo, I looked at the wiki to make sure my information was (as far as wikipedia is concerned) correct. he essentially got the prize for being arrested by Chinese officials, after being loudly anti-CCP. But his career as an activist has amounted to practically nothing, aside from being a mouthpiece for the west.
… white western origin, serve white western goals, or appease white western audiences.
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prize mostly serves as a means of legitimizing western geopolitical goals.
Baseless claim without any evidence. Nobel Prize is a symbol and nothing more. This leads to an entry into history, that is all + you get some cash.
Gorbachev one when he dissolved the USSR, an event that caused millions of deaths, multiple civil wars, famine, economic collapse, and generally the opposite of peace.
anti-communist activist no one in the west had heard of, who also never in his career achieved anything of note.
Generalization, just because you never heard of him, does not mean others never did. Alfred Nobel, who initialized it is not even american. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Most people in the Committee are not even american or not born in the USA.
Please do not spread your nazi propaganda on Lemmy, thanks.
Pretty much all of the peace prize laureates are of white western origin, serve white western goals, or appease white western audiences. There are some outliers to that, of course, and especially in recent years, but all in all the prize mostly serves as a means of legitimizing western geopolitical goals. Hell, they gave Gorbachev one when he dissolved the USSR, an event that caused millions of deaths, multiple civil wars, famine, economic collapse, and generally the opposite of peace. They gave Obama one, pretty much just for being the first black president. The next year they gave one to an anti-communist activist no one in the west had heard of, who also never in his career achieved anything of note.
I’m in full support of the Nobel prizes for sciences and literature, but the peace prize is just a propagandist joke.
I’ll never forget the Obama one. Especially since he drone bombed another nobel peace prize winner, doctors without borders.
You might be thinking of Liu Xiaobo, who they gave a peace prize to for opposing China. They didn’t look much further than that, because if they had, they’d find that he supported the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, and demanded that China “Westernize itself”.
Yeah, i’m talking about Liu Xiaobo, I looked at the wiki to make sure my information was (as far as wikipedia is concerned) correct. he essentially got the prize for being arrested by Chinese officials, after being loudly anti-CCP. But his career as an activist has amounted to practically nothing, aside from being a mouthpiece for the west.
Misinformation you spread
Baseless claim without any evidence. Nobel Prize is a symbol and nothing more. This leads to an entry into history, that is all + you get some cash.
He got the price for “for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations.” He helped ending the cold war.
Barack H. Obama got his prize for “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”. He did not got the price because he was black.
Generalization, just because you never heard of him, does not mean others never did. Alfred Nobel, who initialized it is not even american. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Most people in the Committee are not even american or not born in the USA.
Please do not spread your nazi propaganda on Lemmy, thanks.