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minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-25 hours agoGood catch, I have edited it accordingly. Real “giving the nobel peace prize to Henry Kissinger and the guys he is currently dropping chemical weapons on” vibes. Also: Holy shit, Chiang Kai-Shek is there for 1937.
minus-squaretruthfultemporarily@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 hours agoPerson of the year is not a honorific. It just means most important or influential.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 hours agoTime Magazine Person of the Year is for the most influential person of the year. Not the best, or most admirable. Merely the greatest agent of change.
Good catch, I have edited it accordingly. Real “giving the nobel peace prize to Henry Kissinger and the guys he is currently dropping chemical weapons on” vibes.
Also: Holy shit, Chiang Kai-Shek is there for 1937.
Person of the year is not a honorific. It just means most important or influential.
Time Magazine Person of the Year is for the most influential person of the year. Not the best, or most admirable. Merely the greatest agent of change.