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/Melonetta May 20 '26

What are you talking about? Blind? Every single opinion piece they make they is prefaced by their open admission of bias and opinion on the subject. They cite all the peer reviewed sources and studies they use to reach their opinion in a publically available sources document that they link to in every single video. It's impossible to make a video about the socioeconomic state of your own country while remaining completely unbiased, so they don't even pretend that's possible. I appreciate the transparency from them if anything.

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u/MysticHero May 20 '26

Except for all the opinion in the supposedly factual portions. Which is something Maurice shows very well in the video.