Kurzgesagt has always been about Western corpo-washing.

• Kurzgesagt and the art of climate greenwashing
• The Inescapable Neoliberal Bias Behind ‘Kurzgesagt — In a Nutshell’
• Kurzgesagt’s Neoliberal Stance on the Environment
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurzgesagt#Sources_of_funding

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Speaking to the German angle: Guilt Pride: A German Vanity Project Conquering the World