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Re:A list of the top recipients on Patreon shows an obsessio... by bakuninsbart on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:39AM (#20858145)
He mentions Kurzgesagt as a positive example - but ignores other educational channels like CGP Grey, CrashCourse and ContraPoints. - There's also many more highly educational podcasts and youtube channels that are very popular.

Entertainment has shifted from TV to the internet in recent years, and as it grew more popular it also grew more mundane. - But looking at TV entertainment of previous decades, I think it is hard to claim there has been a reduction in quality.

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Re:A list of the top recipients on Patreon shows an obsessio... by longtom on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:59AM (#20858258)
"ContraPoints" is not an education channel.
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Re:A list of the top recipients on Patreon shows an obsessio... by kingbruce90 on Monday September 02, 2019 @08:50AM (#20858778)
Political education is education even if it's also propaganda (in the sense of information designed to persuade). A large number of political YouTube channels across the political spectrum could be called educational.
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Re:A list of the top recipients on Patreon shows an obsessio... by longtom on Monday September 02, 2019 @10:01AM (#20859146)
No, it's something like political satire or political entertainment. If the category education should mean anything then it certainly does not include a man pretending to be a woman pushing political agendas in some completely overblown and sexualized manner. This is ridiculous.
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