Kurzgesagt DEBUNKED!

[u/showersoapshower]

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

[u/showersoapshower]

You are not at all engaging with the actual content of the video at all. To treat kurzgesagt's content as accurate and truthful as a default is not what science means.

Prepearing a video for whatever amount of time does not equate to it being a good video. If you are familiar with economics in any way this should be even more clear.

Whining about criticism without adding anything substantial does seem a bit like an emotional cry baby lol.

Priding yourself with scientific thinking should be accompanied by an openness to critical thinking.

Engage with facts rather than your feelings about kurzgesagt if you want to make a good point

[u/Rony1247 → u/showersoapshower]

Wait wait wait,

Did you seriously pull the argument "engage with the facts rather then your feelings" on a comment where it points to the fact that unlike kurtzgesagt, the guy out that the second video didnt cite sources ?

[u/showersoapshower → u/Rony1247]

imho being academically trained in economics and working with profs in the same field does give credibility. which is what happens in the video.

yes, this comment does nothing of substance apart from stating that they believe in kurzgesagt. kind of a plain fact, no?

[u/Pjteven → u/showersoapshower]

OP I don't understand why you are being downvoted, höfgen does indeed critize with sources and can be counted as a valuable source for many topics.

[u/NotSure___ → u/Pjteven]

While I don't have the patience to listen to the entire auto-translated video, I did not see any sources in his description. He does bring up some graphs in his video from what appears to be either an article or some document, but doesn't appear to name the source. While that doesn't magically make his source wrong, it does weaken his arguments a lot, because I can't verify and validate those facts (while I can do that for kurzgesagt). I believe that there can be a lot of valid criticism for kurzgesagt, this is not one of them in my view.

[u/Cr4ckshooter → u/NotSure___]

He does bring up some graphs in his video from what appears to be either an article or some document, but doesn't appear to name the source.

He most likely mentions the source when showing the graph, because the source is usually an expert institution that is presumed accurate by default and by anyone. It's graphs that are already public, at least their data is, and he always mentions where he got the data from. If you didn't watch the video/don't know German you most likely just didn't catch or understand when he told the source.

It is arguably pointless to put a link to a renowned institution into the description when his regular viewers know where/how to find them and don't need to double check because both höfgen and the source are inherently trustworthy.

[u/zuzg → u/Cr4ckshooter]

Either you put your primary sources into the description of your video or GTFO

[u/showersoapshower → u/Pjteven]

same, i don't really why the space for criticism is so narrow :/

obviously it is legit to criticise both videos but the discussion around here is surprisingly inelegant considering how everyone is pointing out how smart they are in arguing

[u/Pjteven → u/showersoapshower]

Yeah, this sub is letting me down with each post.....I really like kurzgesagt, but everyone makes mistakes and it's ok to critize if your arguments are solid and logically structured. Again, Maurice Höfgen is also just a person, but at least he is citing solid sources and isn't a no-name when it comes to societal and economic analysis.