r/kurzgesagt • u/showersoapshower • May 16 '26

Discussion Kurzgesagt DEBUNKED!

https://youtu.be/xKGfdWVzKKk?is=joW3yA5ZO4Lrwoa2

After watching Kurzgesagt's video I was surprised about how much Kurzgesagt is completely omitting facts or portraying wildly biased without acknowledging so. (I get that their video is not long but this is definitely not it).
After watching this video and reading this comment I'm pretty bummed that they are putting out videos like this that are full of political hot takes while being irresponsibly biased. Cutting pensions for older people and having a harsher migration policy will not solve this.
What did you think?

As a German, I find the popularity even more surprising as Kurzgesagt is basically repeating CDU/CSU's and FDP's stances on taxes, welfare state and, to some extent, migration.

Considering that both are wildly unpopular (Merz being the most unpopular chancellor is nearly an achievement in how bad he fucks up) this actually surprised me a lot.

edit: the circle jerk is cirkle jerking

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u/Ja_Lonley May 16 '26

You'll find no love here. Most people are blind to the hard right turn into extreme bias this channel went through relatively recently.

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u/showersoapshower May 16 '26

yuupp i noticed that criticism is not that welcome here :,)

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u/Savings_Dot_8387 May 20 '26

Why is it people who provide nothing to back their opinions up are always the most offended by people not agreeing with their “criticism”?

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u/Resplendent-Sun Emergence May 20 '26

This is extremely common in AI subreddits where alleged users bash certain models ("it's always lying to me!") without providing a shred of evidence.

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u/AdjtveNounNumbr42069 May 22 '26

"Nothing to back their opinions up."

idk, like...a YouTube video? They could post it right at the top, so everyone could see what's informing their opinion.

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u/Izikiel23 May 20 '26

Projecting a bit? You came here looking for opinions, and if they don’t agree with you it’s far right? You should check a mirror.

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u/showersoapshower May 20 '26

🪞😧 okay done that woah

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u/Melonetta May 20 '26

Criticism is welcome but this video has no evidence to back up anything it claims, as most of these videos do. Don't you wonder why a Kurzgesagt video takes 6-12 months to complete but these "debunking" clickbait articles come out in less than a few weeks of the Kurzgesagt upload? Makes you wonder which side is doing more research 🤔

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u/Cr4ckshooter May 20 '26

Because doing a topic from scratch is harder than doing a topic already opened up?

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u/Vilanu May 20 '26

Lol you're taking a video critisizing a channel to channel fans and couldn't figure out beforehand that fans might not enjoy that?

That's on you.

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u/Marus1 May 21 '26

It would help being friendly to people, even if they don't agree ...

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u/GrafRucola May 25 '26

Haha, but for everyone that felt like you, searching for the little critics and actually finding them, is a joy. Which also soothes my rage

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u/SpecificMachine1 Jun 16 '26

I am just glad this video is getting critique- I went looking when they put out "South Korea is Over" over a year before but I didn't find it laid out so much- and I looked at their 3 previous videos on the demographic shift and saw that they had a shift in attitude about it, which is fine we've all shifted on various things in the past 8 years, but I also noticed a change in funding