Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agoMaría Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prizewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMaría Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prizewww.nytimes.comAlas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoYet another example of the Nobel prize being used to further the interests of imperialism. Usually it’s to whitewash war criminals like Kissinger, or in this case to justify imperialist regime change in Venezuela against the will of the people.
minus-squareAlas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoI only recently found out that the Nobel Prize for Economics was not one of the original prizes, and it was created to give credibility to the theories of intellectual lightweights like Hayek and Friedman.
minus-squareAlas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoThe fact that Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic is so excited about Machado would seem to suggest that you are correct. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/maria-machado-nobel-peace-prize/684510/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/venezuela-opposition-machado-optimism/681148/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/maria-corina-machado-nobel-prize-trump-venezuela-b2843103.html (Mrs. Erinaceus says that The Atlantic is a make-work project for unemployed neocons).
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoIncredible, it’s more predictable than a Marvel movie.
Yet another example of the Nobel prize being used to further the interests of imperialism. Usually it’s to whitewash war criminals like Kissinger, or in this case to justify imperialist regime change in Venezuela against the will of the people.
I only recently found out that the Nobel Prize for Economics was not one of the original prizes, and it was created to give credibility to the theories of intellectual lightweights like Hayek and Friedman.
Absolute clownshow of an org.
The fact that Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic is so excited about Machado would seem to suggest that you are correct.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/maria-machado-nobel-peace-prize/684510/
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/venezuela-opposition-machado-optimism/681148/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/maria-corina-machado-nobel-prize-trump-venezuela-b2843103.html
(Mrs. Erinaceus says that The Atlantic is a make-work project for unemployed neocons).
Incredible, it’s more predictable than a Marvel movie.