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minus-squareNewDark@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down8·2 months agoYou can tell the Gates-bucks have really leaned them in a neo-liberal slant. It kind of sucks.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s not simply the Gates money, but the pivot to pursuing grants by chasing clicks to the exclusion of all else. They’ve been Mr Beast-ified.
minus-squareAppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·2 months agoKurzgesagt when its summarizing research papers is alright, but as soon as anything touches on a social or political issue it’s all “vote with your wallet 🙂”
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoIt has been neoliberal biased for ages. For example this is a 2021 article calling out their neoliberal bias. https://aninjusticemag.com/the-inescapable-neoliberal-bias-behind-kurzgesagt-in-a-nutshell-215eb1e9b70f?gi=9574bf28f4a0 But it has undoubtedly gotten a lot worse recently. That south korea video was abymaly blind and baked in unrealistic capitalist assumptions.
You can tell the Gates-bucks have really leaned them in a neo-liberal slant. It kind of sucks.
It’s not simply the Gates money, but the pivot to pursuing grants by chasing clicks to the exclusion of all else.
They’ve been Mr Beast-ified.
Kurzgesagt when its summarizing research papers is alright, but as soon as anything touches on a social or political issue it’s all “vote with your wallet 🙂”
It has been neoliberal biased for ages. For example this is a 2021 article calling out their neoliberal bias. https://aninjusticemag.com/the-inescapable-neoliberal-bias-behind-kurzgesagt-in-a-nutshell-215eb1e9b70f?gi=9574bf28f4a0
But it has undoubtedly gotten a lot worse recently. That south korea video was abymaly blind and baked in unrealistic capitalist assumptions.