• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      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
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        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
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          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.