• MJBrune@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    An older example is Andrew Carnegie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie who worked hard to create…

    “The Carnegie Library, Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, and the Carnegie Hero Fund”

    He helped a lot with anti-imperialism and education, he’s a large reason why there are public libraries in America, establishing 3,000 of them. He also helped space exploration by helping fund the 100-inch hooker telescope.

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      He also helped building the peace palace in the Hague, unfortunately the United States have since declared that they don’t respect the jurisdiction of the International court over American citizens, therefore seriously diminishing it’s credibility…