How Kurzgesagt Chefs Propaganda For Billionaires
UPDATE:
Kurzgesagt’s official response: https://reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/comments/10jlyyk/kurzgesagt_statement_to_the_conflict_of_interest/
My response to Kurzgesagt: https://www.reddit.com/r/thehatedone/comments/10pb1q9/my_response_to_kurzgesagt/
Kurzgesagt is not just a popular science outreach channel. It’s a major tool for propaganda of their billionaire sponsors.
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Kurzgesagt received estimated $7 million from billionaire funds. This would be more money than Kurzgesagt received from their supporters on Patreon (estimated $3.5 million) in the entire history of the channel.
Sources [First half only; second part in the pinned comment]
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