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[โ€“] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

That there's notorious war criminals still alive such as Henry Kissinger that probably won't face any repercussions for their atrocities in their lifetimes.

Also there are billionaires and politicians in power that could easily at least start switching to clean energy and plastic alternatives but choose not to.

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Kissinger received a fucking Nobel Peace Prize.

It was one of the defining moments of my childhood that turned me into a radical.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

And I bet Alfred Nobel is still rolling in his grave for that considering the whole reason he proposed the Nobel Prizes.

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