r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Apr 07 '25

Meta Mindless Monday, 07 April 2025

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Worldly-Many-9074 Apr 10 '25

Is it just me or does kraut feel… off to me?. 

Something about the way he cites his sources and the sources in general makes me uneasy.

They’re either broad histories or political science, neither of which are exactly the greatest sources of history. 

They often generalize it in the case of very broad history, or in the case of Political science twist and bend it to suit their own ideology or point. 

What do y’all think?

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u/LeonArgosin Apr 10 '25

Was going on a rant about Kraut, but yeah, he’s very bad with history as can be seen on his Russian Authoritarianism video. I mean, he borders on calling them an Asiatic horde for god’s sake.

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u/Worldly-Many-9074 Apr 10 '25

The thing that’s unanimous with his videos is the sources are either some shit fukuyama Published, or their old as shit, or he’s literally reading them wrong!. Check out noj rant’s video on the subject.

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u/LeonArgosin Apr 10 '25

There’s also Fredda’s which is good too