• sadreality@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Their funding sources are reflected in the their content’s bias. Gates is just one example.

    People should understand should be aware of such things.

    There is a detailed youtube covering how funding bias shaped some of their videos.

    Doing rich mans bidding whole pretending to be for the people should be called out.

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      11 months ago

      My dude, you can’t just say, “They got funded by this, therefore there is bias in every video and everything they do that’s related to society is billionaire propaganda.” Potential bias definitely applies to some of Kurzgesagt’s videos, and I’d view any short video on a complex topic with skepticism, but it’s not helpful to just whine about Bill Gates shilling in discussion about any Kurzgesagt video without even considering what the video’s about.

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        11 months ago

        I am sorry you don’t appreciate me sharing factual information about the publisher of the linked video.

        But I think people can make up their own opinions on this issue.

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          11 months ago

          Dude, I have no issue with the information and opinion. You’re not actually responding to what I’m saying, which is that none of it has a chance of applying to this particular video because what Kurzgesagt said in this video has absolutely nothing to do with Bill Gates and definitely wouldn’t benefit him — if anything, the opinion portion speaks against platforms owned by large corporations, so it might do the opposite.

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      11 months ago

      Rich people can do good.
      Not everyone seeks to benefit off other’s hard work, at their expense.

      I don’t care who does what to whom as long as lots of people and the environment benefit from it. Be it poor, rich or whoever.
      But what if pain, torture or other hurting was used as methods? Well…that’s another story and should be looked into more closely.