• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
    73·
    5 months ago

    The way they feed you information is patronizingly slow, and while I’m not expecting a widely cited academic paper published in a reputable journal, Youtube essays are one step below shitposts on internet forums in trustworthiness and academic rigor.

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
      51·
      5 months ago

      Guess we’re watching different video essays, then. Most are edutainment at best, true. But there are *soy many with cited sources on youtube.

      • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        I gave them the text as published on the anarchist library, but they didn’t seem to appreciate that either. It’s almost like they just don’t want to learn history that isn’t their revisionist version of it.

          • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            The frustrating thing is that most of it was CIA propaganda at one point in time, it just happened to also be true, which made it much more effective propaganda. It’s a big gift the USSR gave to anti-communists.