Comments by "bakters" (@bakters) on "Soviet Storm review, German Strategy 1942, History Education and more! 9 random questions about WW2" video.

  1. Opposite stances can be both partially correct and partially incorrect. It's very rare, when trying to describe very complex systems like economy or social behaviors, that one stance describes the reality so accurately, that it completely nullifies the opposite viewpoint. For example, just because Keynesian economy leads to socialism does not implicate that "taxes are just theft", which is something you seem to believe in. Just because education is a state sponsored babysitting program does not mean that it's largely useless. Well, why not we try and see how a fully "homeschooled" society would look like? Thankfully, we can. It happened before. Most people were illiterate and extremely ignorant, hence very vulnerable to propaganda. So, is education worth it in the end? I don't know for sure, but at the very least I'm aware that there are serious risk in ignoring it altogether. Or, another example. You quote a scientific opinion and treat it as a statement of fact. Which it is not, and the only way of knowing that, is by understanding the basis for the statement. I'm referring to "races don't exist" statement, which you very obviously do not understand. I'll just point out that it's the very same people who say that races have no scientific basis, who insist on "fair representation" of various ethnic groups. So, if that was a statement of fact, how come could we even recognize "unfair" representation? In summary, maybe, and quite likely, I'm missing a lot of nuance in what you say, because of cultural and language barier, maybe I'm oblivious to some sarcasm, but it does seem to me that you show a tendency for jumping between extremes. It isn't all bad, since you are always willing to question your current view, but it seems to be a thing, so it'd useful to at least be aware of that. Best wishes.
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