So Kissinger must have had use to someone? What did he do right and for who? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by shalafi@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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It stands to reason he must have been doing something right to have stayed so close to the halls of power.

I was a toddler when he was carpet bombing Cambodia, never knew him as anything but "an important person" that was sometimes on the TV. Only learned of his crimes in the past decade.

How did an in-your-face war criminal retain such influence for so long?

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[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

who admired his geopolitical strategy

That's very much what I'm asking! I'm well aware of his sins, but was his influence 100% from making the rich richer?

[-] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago

His influence was largely because his geopolitical philosophy of Realpolitik was “effective” in that it ruthlessly pursued power over all else. For a series of presidents seeking hegemonic control that is valuable in and of itself.

[-] thesmokingman@programming.dev 9 points 11 months ago

Making the rich richer is what keeps most politicians in power. If you aren’t making lots of money you don’t matter.

[-] Melkath@kbin.social -2 points 11 months ago

Large, robust response.

This guy plucks out 5 words and completely misses the plot.

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