• resin85@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    My favorite tidbit about this:

    Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Literature Prize medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in 1943. A strong supporter of the Nazis, Hamsun was convicted of treason in 1947 and spent the rest of his life in mental institutions.

    Source: 1001 ways to lose a Nobel prize

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    10 hours ago

    What’s the point if it’s not directly awarded to you, it’s like buying a Grammy at Goodwill and awarding it to your cover band.

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      Probably said below but will repeat it, the narcissistic asshole doesn’t realize it’s given to them in that way, cause the presenter is appeasing them.

      They’re getting their fluffing and enjoying all the winds or something like that unsure if it’s ever said that way but fits.

      Also appeasement never works check Poland WWII, similar to Trump pre ww3 perhaps? Perhaps time will tell.

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    I know this isn’t the point, but did Goebbels write? This is the literature prize, not the peace prize.

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      He was an absolute master of propaganda. The best / worst we’ve ever seen to the best of my knowledge. Evil genius doesn’t even scratch the surface.

      All the way through the 1920’s and 30’s he masterfully moved public opinion in Germany, shutting down the free press, hosting the Olympics while convincing the West that Germany just wanted peace, nudging the populous towards war, the works.

      Edit: thankfully for us all he recorded it in diaries that survived. He was a true believer. Hitler would never have achieved what he did without Goebbels. Others played pivotal roles but fuck me that pair were something.

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      14 hours ago

      *the fascist that received the Nobel Peace Prize gave it as a gift to a fascist.

      She’s been applauding Trump’s strikes on fellow Venezuelans and pledging to privatize Venezuelan infrastructure and resources.

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      TL-DR:

      He gifted medal to Goebbels because he was a huge fan and wanted an audience with Hitler, one he got and kinda blew.

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      The Negros are and will remain Negros, a nascent human form from the tropics, rudimentary organs on the body of white society. Instead of founding an intellectual elite, America has established a mulatto studfarm.

      Yowza