In all of human history, what's the biggest example of betrayal ?

Gonna put one in for Vidkun Quisling, who handed all of Norway's defense plans over to the Germans in WW2 in exchange for being made governor of the territory

Bystander who prevented President Ford from being assassinated. He tried to avoid the spotlight and reporters wanting no praise for his heroic or attention. The press dug in anyway, outed him as a gay man, he was ostracized by his family and community for it and wound up killing himself. All for saving the President from a woman with a gun.

Nestle lying to breastfeeding African mothers that formula is better, once they couldn’t get access to said formula, their babies starved to death. Thousands and thousands of children died in the aftermath of this.

Vidkun Quisling's assistance of the Nazis with conquering and occupying Norway during World War II. This guy was so hated by his countrymen that after the Nazis were kicked out, the Norwegians reinstituted the death penalty, just for him. Even now, Quisling's name is synonymous with "traitor."

Ephialtes. Imagine betraying people so hard that two thousand years later,  your name **means** "nightmare" in that language. 

Alan Turing. Genius who helped crack The Enigma Code. Treated poorly for the rest of his life.

Et tu, Brute?

Internal documents and investigative reporting revealed that Exxon's own scientists conducted sophisticated climate research as far back as the late 1970s and 1980s, producing findings that accurately predicted global warming from fossil fuel emissions. Rather than making this research public, Exxon pivoted in the 1990s to funding climate denial campaigns, lobbying against climate regulations, and publicly casting doubt on the scientific consensus, even while internally acknowledging the risks their own research had identified. My kids are now basically f*cked.

the tuskegee syphilis study is one of the worst betrayals imo. from 1932 to 1972, the u.s. public health service told a group of poor black men they were getting free treatment for “bad blood.” they weren’t. they had syphilis, and the whole point was to watch what happened if it went untreated. penicillin became a cure in the 40s. they still didn’t treat them. they even stopped some of them from getting it elsewhere. these men trusted doctors and the government, kept showing up thinking they were being helped, while they were literally being studied as they got sicker. went on for 40 years. only stopped bc it got exposed.

I think Francisco Pizarro's treatment of the Incan emperor (Atahualpa) was pretty awful. He invited the emperor to a feast and then ambushed him when he arrived. They held the emperor for ransom and slaughtered thousands of unarmed Incan warriors. When the Inca fulfilled the ransom, they executed Atahualpa anyway.

A parent abusing their children. I think that’s the biggest betrayal.

Anti vax King of fuckwits Andrew Wakefield. One fraudulent academic paper of a study of 12 kids at a birthday party for a single afternoon and he betrayed the world. And he did it for money. He's a mass murderer

My family’s first dog was awesome. Just a fun spirit her whole life. She wasn’t allowed on the couch but my wife’s cat was. She had a full understanding of this rule and never once violated it unless we brought her up with us. Literally the best dog. So when the cat came in for snuggles and she didn’t get any at all that day…THAT was history’s biggest betrayal. And she let me know. By walking across the room, staring me right on the eye and peeing all over the carpet.

Mir Jafar at the battle of Plassey(1757) It was the Nawab of Bengal vs the East India Company.The nawab heavily outnumbered the EIC forces,but his general Jafar betrayed him and many of the nawab's forces switched sides. This led to the first ever EIC victory on Indian soil.They got Bengal and thus it started the domino effect that led to the colonialisation of India.

There’s a lot of talk about infamous WWII traitors, but I don’t see Phillipe Pétain amongst them. Once hailed as the hero of Verdun during the First World War, Philippe Pétain would later become one of the greatest traitors in French history. As head of the Vichy regime after France’s defeat in 1940, Pétain chose not merely to accept German occupation, but to actively collaborate with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi government. Under his leadership, the French state assisted in the persecution and deportation of Jews, suppressed political dissent, censored the press, and dismantled the republican ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity that had long defined the nation. He turned into a symbol of French liberation, freedom, and national identity to a traitorous, discredited old man who died in solitary confinement.

WWII was full of them. Germany betrayed its promises to its neighbors, Russia betrayed Germanies enemies for a slice of Poland, Germany betrayed Russia, Italy betrayed Germany, Germany betrayed Italy, Britain betrayed France lol

Russia telling Ukraine to hand over all their atomic bombs to Russia in exchange to never attack Ukraine.

When Frodo believed Gollum over Sam about the missing lembas bread

How has no one said when Colonel Henry Bouquet and General Jeffrey Amherst handed over blankets infected with small pox to kill natives. This is the worst type of betrayal.

When Cartmen ate the KFC skin

The fictional character Dylan in the 1987 action movie The Predator. He set us up! The cabinet member, the whole business, it was all bullshit! (spoilers)

When my kitty begs for belly rubs and then claws me.

Leeroy Jenkins.

Judas Iscariot

Henrietta Lacks. The way the doctors betrayed her and her family. Her cancer cells created the "HeLa" line and helped medical research. She never gave consent. Only recently was her family acknowledged or compensated. She died in 1951.

[I Can't Believe You've Done This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKbU8B-QVZk)

In return for Ukraine giving up the nuclear weapons in its territory after the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia and the United States (among others) signed a treaty in 1994 guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity. The betrayal started in 2014.

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Healthcare in America. Followed by shareholders owning prisons and utilities. Perhaps big oil companies putting profit before the Worlds future?

The betrayal of General Yue Fei by the politician, Qin Hui of the Southern Song Dynasty in ancient China To this day, the betrayers are still vilified and Yue Fei is still admired as a paragon of loyalty Statues of Qin Hui and his wife kneeling in front of Yue Fei for forgiveness have been spat on and vandalized for ages.. they have been destroyed and had to be recasted multiple times

The betrayal of Anne Frank’s hiding place is one of the most heartbreaking in modern history.

“Kai su, Teknon?” Or translating from Greek: “And you,my child?” Aka the more actuate last words of Julius Caesar. Shakespeare made up “et tu, Brute”. I had a history professor who explained that Caesar was basically saying “You’re next, kiddo.” Caesar was telling Brutus and company that they were gonna get killed for this and he was right. The Roman people turned against them hard. Another possible last words were “Why, this is violence!” Or “What is this? Such violence against Caesar!” Basically, if the historian liked Caesar, Caesar didn’t say anything while he was stabbed because he was a tough cool Roman. If the historian hated Caesar, Caesar was a total drama queen and gave a whole speech.

Monsanto and farmers: the old relationship between farmer and seed had been replaced by a system where life itself was patented, seed saving became restricted, and the company had enough legal power to intimidate and ruin livelihoods.

"We should give tax breaks for the rich and help them get more money, its totally gonna trickle down to everyone else like, trust me bro" ~Reagan or something, idk.

The battle of Stalingrad leaving all the men to die .

Native Americans being hospitable to pilgrims and then eventually pilgrims and their descendants massacring Native Americans and stealing their land

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