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Bill gates mouth piece shilling dystopia...
I wonder why "the internet" is "shiti" bill
You got another "solution" for us?
Really don't get this whole Bill Gates thing. This video doesn't have anything to do with him and certainly wouldn't benefit him in any way tmk. You can't just say any society-related video that Kurzgesagt does is dystopian Bill Gates propaganda.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do you mean that the video is propaganda?
What's the "Bill Gates mouth piece" in reference to?
In 2015, the channel received a 570,000 US dollar grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,[11] who later became one of their key sponsors. Kurzgesagt have made videos calling for investment in novel technologies the foundation also supports, such as carbon capture and artificial meat, as well as arguing for an optimistic view on the future of climate change and economic inequality, a view shared by Bill Gates.[
So to clarify, you think carbon capture, lab-grown meat, and optimism are bad things. And he should have videos going over that perspective instead?
Merely pointing out that they are shilling what benefits their "donors"
I have no strong opion one way or another on actual topics.
Just highlighting that many of these "independent" youtube channels are same thing as main stream media... They shill what benefits the rich owners.
Which by default should attract scepticism as rich never shill for the working people.
While most younger people know to be skeptical of msm, they don't apply same to youtube channels shilling.
I see nothing wrong whatsoever to endorse ideas, technologies and solutions that benefit all nations.
No matter, who is sponsoring who.
If you get coin by doing a thing that eases up many lives and Earth's well-being at the same time, I'd call that a win-win scenario?
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This being said - I don't know anything about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and what they're after. Only the tiny bit what Kurzgesagt told us about it.