• DomeGuy@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Is the answer more complicated than “magazines are a dead medium and our entire annual revenue comes from our person of the year issue”, coupled with “when we did this eight years ago that issue sold gangbusters”?

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    So this is where we are now? Awarding him for trying to overthrow the government? I hate this country.

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    10 days ago

    Okay, but what kind of person of the year?

    Orangest?

    Greediest?

    Manipulative?

    Feel free to add to this list…

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    10 days ago

    FTA:

    the individual who, for better or for worse, did the most to shape the world and the headlines over the past 12 months.

    It is not an honor, at least not necessarily. Adolph Hitler infamously held the same title, for the reasons he’s known for today.