I love that Alfred Nobel—the dude who invented dynamite and who can arguably be link to more deaths via war that any other human in existence—then decided he’d use his money to make a ‘peace prize’.
It’s funny stuff.
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The irony.
Don’t you know? It’s all an absolute farce
The world can’t be saved I think I’ll give up and let it be taken over by the backwards hand clapping crusty droolers
Explosive irony.
That's funny
The whole annual awards are a perpetual PR campaign to wash his name clean and have his legacy be associated with something other than blowing up people.
lol I’m pretty sure you can use dynamite for more than blowing up people. It’s kinda useful, don’t you think? His legacy is kinda double in that sense.
No one would give a fuck about Nobel if it was not for the price. Just like no one is giving a fuck about the inventor of gun powder or the creator of riffles.
It’s more likely that no one would remember Nobel if the prize was not introduced. Hence, no need for good PR because no one would give a fuck in the end. If anything, the price reminds a few people of how retarded the price actually is.
But yeah, in the internet era everything is a conspiracy forged by the lizard people high above us plebs.
But nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m isn’t everyone’s life somewhat similar to that of the inventor of dynamite? Maybe not everyone kills people, but we all end up destroying something, and yet we still seek trophies because we can’t bear to see ourselves as we truly are.
Also the family was already doing war related manufacturing i think.
Also funny that Obama is the only Nobel peace prize winner to bomb another Nobel peace prize winner (Red Cross)
NPC: “But Obama won the peace prize!”
Me: “You mean the guy who chose to extrajudicial murder an American child via drone? That Obama?”
He learned his lesson ✨💫
Perception is reality.
That's because we live in a 🤡🌎
He didn’t invent reputation laundering, but he is the all time champ.
Yes.
Also, the Swedish government politicizes everything it touches and the Nobel prize is just an extension of the Swedish government at this point. The Nobel committee have given many deserved prizes in the past but we can always expect a political play under the surface.
Spoiler: Some humans will never stop violating others until they are forced to.
Sitting around and waiting for the worst humans to build and control weaponry is retarded.
Explosives have mostly ended kenetic wars compared to what they used to be.
I'd rather blow up an enemy than keep sending in tens of thousands of my own people to just get killed.
Pacifists tend to live in a fantasy world paid for by those living in the real one. There are simply times when violence is the only way to settle disputes.
It may seem ironic to a simple mind, but advanced weaponry is the best way for one to remain at peace. Being easier to abuse doesn't lead to less violence in a world where evil exists. War should be as horrific and unimaginable as possible if we really want to avoid it.
I love peace but I also understand that it sometimes comes at the expense of war.
Also, the Peace prize was one of five prizes. It wasn't the only thing he valued.
Some things conveniently or ignorantly left out here: People were using black powder and nitroglycerine (used for vasodilation now) explosives before dynamite. His invention reduced the chance of accidental detonation and made workers handling it a lot safer. His work on explosives was inspired by construction, not war.
Yes, his inventions were later sold for military use, and he indeed did not want to be known mainly for that. But that is in no way a negative point against his character. He did amazing work in his time that is worth celebrating.
Continue this thought, Fritz Haber won a Nobel prize for the process that allowed mass production of fertiliser, but then went on to develop the gas used in the Nazi gas chambers! Humans are complicated.
TIL 😱
But Vitalik tho...
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raised this point before in post
1. 3d printer inventor go to jail ? someone printed a gun
2. foss code dev go to jail ? someone used code to sell drugs
3. noble foundation pay for repar all kill by dynamite ?
4. node mint lnd coder go to jail? some criminal send sats
5. list can go on