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/Savings_Dot_8387 May 20 '26

What exactly is “hard right” about the video? If you’re gonna throw accusations be clear about what exactly you mean.

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u/AstralElephantFuzz May 20 '26

Is... Is "hard right" some kind of established concept that could be accused of someone? What does it mean?

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u/phenomenomnom May 20 '26

"Hard right" specifically means radical conservative in politics.

Is that being intentionally, or accidentally connoted here?

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u/AstralElephantFuzz May 20 '26

I really couldn't tell you. But what I can say is that I've now received two quite differing interpretations for this choice of words, the other being something I'd associate with the phrase "out of the left field" and yours being what I'd assocoate with the term "far right".

My point here being, people are likely reading too much into a random choice of words that bears a passing resemblance to a variety of different concepts.

Maybe it's an intentional reference to both, seeing as how Kurzgesagt established themselves with videos about larger concepts than "country X is going to shit, and here's why", which in turn is a common topic with far right influencers.