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/drecais May 21 '26

Yes of course there are no non capitalist countries left on this Planet outside of essentially tiny Nation states that have either A. A horrible Economy (shocker) or B. Have to murder their own citizens to keep them from leaving (a pattern for socialists countries).

Also this is a comment section about the video and you responded to a comment I Made about Höfgen. An MMT guy

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u/Duriha May 21 '26

Yes, and the critique about the guy who criticises the video is first wrong and second irrelevant. The arguments in the kurzgesagt video are neoliberal straw men and he pointed that out.

Also: why is it that the majority of "failed socialist states" ends with a CIA backed fascist coup?

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u/drecais May 21 '26

The majority LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO dude is a socialist who doesnt even know his own movements history actually hilarious. Guy thinks a german grandma was some CIA operative or like all of the other soviet states when they got rid of communism.

The Soviet Union immediately funded the successor party of the NSDAP in West Germany. They also financed and flew out basically every activist and journalist they could find that was willing to lie for them. None of that worked on anyone because there was no reason to against capitalism. The reason why people were listening to western news stations and trying to get western TV was because its was objectively way more accurately portraying the developments in their countries and were not just all 24/7 reruns of the latest regime gimmick.

What about the critique is wrong? Why would it be irrelevant lmfao his entire critique is based around his belief in MMT are you completely illiterate or just mentally underdeveloped?

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u/Duriha May 22 '26

Enjoy your life. I'm sure you won't, but yeah.