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    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Dunk me if you will, but in the case of Kurzgesagt defending, it was an established poster, definitely not a wrecker. I hope they changed their mind eventually.

      • ProletarianDictator [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        I may have been a radlib at the time, but I don’t think Kurzgesagt was pumping out propaganda from the outset. It was mostly shit about physics and black holes and cool nerd stuff. Feels like all of that was a Trojan horse for the propaganda in retrospect.

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          1 year ago

          In the past I think there may have been some plausible defense for Kurzgesagt videos, even if I hated the cute quirky :reddit-logo: targeting presentation from the start and even recommended videos from well meaning progressives rubbed me the wrong way (the one about “keys to power” comes to mind).

          The “99% of humans killed off is a victory for the 1%!” take from Kurzgesagt was so on the nose in favor of :capitalist-laugh: that from that point forward such defenses were inexcusable to me.

            • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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              1 year ago

              I know the exact CGPGrey video you’re talking about too 💀

              My mistake, that was a CGPGrey video; I didn’t like his videos either even if the presentation is less slick and big budget sus to me.

              I have not seen this one, and I’m so glad I stopped watching holy shit

              I believe it was the “what happens if there’s a big calamity that threatens life on Earth” video. Yeah its conclusion was that it’d be great for the 1% that remains, because the implication was, presumably, that :porky-happy: can repopulate the magically livable planet after the worst was over.

    • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Translating from Ulysses talk: “I’ve seen people defending X even on Hexbear” usually means “there was a wrecker with a bad take two years ago and now I’m going to make it sound like it’s a common thing.”

      • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        In the cause of Kurzgesagt, it was not a wrecker; it was someone with an established post history. I just didn’t name names.