SKTheCrusaderRemember Liz Truss? I sure do! This video was, much like Liz Truss my third choice of thing to do this month, but I decided that since I couldn't put together a good Halloween video that this was what I'd do instead. Tell you the story of a woman who dared to dream a little too much.
Do I spend an awful lot of the video comparing Liz Truss to Napoleon? Yes. Am I going to apologise for the thumbnail and for doing that? No. I hope you all enjoy this little bit of fun and don't mind that I was ill again while recording.
Notes from the graph of leader's monthly approval * David Cameron's data begins in May 2015, not from when he became leader of the opposition ** Nicola Sturgeon's UK wide polling Data begins in December 2019 and is what is represented in this graph *** Keir Starmer is the incumbent Labour leader at the time of the video's release so his data is up to date as of release
Sources, interesting things to read and recommendations: The monthly averages of leader's approval was taken from: statsforlefties.wordpress.com/leadership-approval Other data was taken from publicly available sources like Wikipedia for certain averages that weren't available.
Liz Truss: Appreciating What We HadSKTheCrusader2023-10-26 | Remember Liz Truss? I sure do! This video was, much like Liz Truss my third choice of thing to do this month, but I decided that since I couldn't put together a good Halloween video that this was what I'd do instead. Tell you the story of a woman who dared to dream a little too much.
Do I spend an awful lot of the video comparing Liz Truss to Napoleon? Yes. Am I going to apologise for the thumbnail and for doing that? No. I hope you all enjoy this little bit of fun and don't mind that I was ill again while recording.
Notes from the graph of leader's monthly approval * David Cameron's data begins in May 2015, not from when he became leader of the opposition ** Nicola Sturgeon's UK wide polling Data begins in December 2019 and is what is represented in this graph *** Keir Starmer is the incumbent Labour leader at the time of the video's release so his data is up to date as of release
Sources, interesting things to read and recommendations: The monthly averages of leader's approval was taken from: statsforlefties.wordpress.com/leadership-approval Other data was taken from publicly available sources like Wikipedia for certain averages that weren't available.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:41 - Liz Truss Exists on an Island 17:23 - How Did She End Up There? 23:10 - What did we learn?The Adventures of Team Normal: Simply leaving on a boat without arousing any suspicionSKTheCrusader2024-10-18 | The usual crew @JohntheDuncan @BrigitteEmpire Alasdair from @praxiscast and another English John are back at it again with some good old fashioned D&D. The Party having got their reward from the Prince they tried to steal from now have to make their way to Angriff's homeland by sea. Which is probably going to go fine, right? All they have to do is break a blockade and travel through pirate infested seas.
Molto who made the excellent thumbnail for this: ko-fi.com/moltotrashoHas The British Press Suddenly Got Weirdly Good at Noticing Things?SKTheCrusader2024-10-14 | The Press has seemed weirdly competent, so why not try to find some reasons why and have some final words about the election?
Timestamps: 00:00 - Have you noticed this? 03:23 - The Noticing Election 18:55 - How Does Noticing Work? 29:16 - Is This Fine?The Adventures of Team Normal: Its a Heist EpisodeSKTheCrusader2024-09-20 | The usual crew @JohntheDuncan @BrigitteEmpire Alasdair from @praxiscast and another English John are back at it again with some good old fashioned D&D. The Party has decided, in their infinite wisdom to try a heist during their stay in the city Geldothyr. A treasure ship from the far away Nihai Empire has arrived to extract tribute from the Venerable Prelate so of course the party is going to steal from the treasure ship and elegantly make their escape, right?
Molto who made the excellent thumbnail for this: ko-fi.com/moltotrashoBritMonkeys Video Is a Dump!!!!!!!!!!!!SKTheCrusader2024-09-14 | Someone made a bad video before the UK election so I guess we're doing response videos now.
Special thanks to my good friend @Rosencreutzzz who has just released a video on EU5 so if you're a Paradox Gamer like me check that out: youtu.be/_pZRTR5a-DU
Timestamps: 00:00 - Britain is a Dump 04:42 - What Really Caused Austerity? 17:14 - Do The Greens Really Oppose Renewable Energy? 27:14 - The Part Where I Have to Explain PFI 39:32 - These Days If You Have Pints With The Lads They Arrest You And Throw You In Jail 47:02 - An Earnest Message for BritMonkeyThe Adventures of Team Normal: The Party Definitely Wont Be Arranging A Heist This EpisodeSKTheCrusader2024-09-06 | The usual crew @JohntheDuncan @BrigitteEmpire Alasdair from @praxiscast and another English John are back at it again with some good old fashioned D&D. The party have caught a ride with a halfling merchant who's going to drop them off at a town built by and for merchants. I'm sure nothing sleazy or untoward will happen before they make the half-day trip to the capital of the Island of Fjarrewarra, Geldothyr. Home of the Venerable Prelate, his palace and where some interesting goings on may be occurring...
Molto who made the excellent thumbnail for this: ko-fi.com/moltotrashoA Totally Serious Kind Of Marxist Analysis of Sonic Adventure 1 & 2SKTheCrusader2024-09-02 | Thank you all so much for 2K subscribers, as promised here's your reward an attempt at doing a Marxist (ish) analysis of the stories of Sonic Adventure 1 & Sonic Adventure 2. I hope you're pleased with yourselves.
Timestamps: 00:00 - You Got What You Wanted 07:51 - Sonic Adventure 42:27 - Sonic Adventure 2 01:05:34 - What's the deal with the Chao Garden? 01:10:24 - Thank God That's Over
#sonicadventure2 #sonicadventureThe Adventures of Team Normal: The Party Sits Across a Desk From SomeoneSKTheCrusader2024-08-23 | The usual crew @JohntheDuncan @BrigitteEmpire Alasdair from @praxiscast and another English John are tormenting me once again as we play some D&D. The party has finally answered a call to adventure and are heading to the coast to procure some transport to the continent. Will it go well? Probably not.
Molto who made the excellent thumbnail for this: ko-fi.com/moltotrashoI Read The Book That Explains Why British People Cant Talk About Racism ProperlySKTheCrusader2024-08-10 | This book genuinely made me feel like my brain was dribbing out of my ears so I hope you all get something useful out of this.
Timestamps: 00:00 - It’s funny what happens to script ideas 08:07 - Introducing The Book That Derailed This Video 16:26 - Who is The Author? 29:01 - The Book is Worthless Gibberish 50:20 - Where Do We Go From Here?The Adventures of Team Normal: Id Like to See Ol Art Wriggle His Way Out Of THIS JamSKTheCrusader2024-08-09 | Once again hanging out for a fun evening with @JohntheDuncan @BrigitteEmpire Alasdair from @praxiscast and another English John for some D&D action. Art has managed to get himself skewered by an orc warchief, with seemingly no way out and the party just being themselves how are they going to get out of this jam?
Molto who made the excellent thumbnail for this: ko-fi.com/moltotrashoThe Adventures of Team Normal: Technically This Is Episode 10SKTheCrusader2024-07-26 | We've finally brought it to YouTube from my Twitch. Join me, @JohntheDuncan @BrigitteEmpire Alasdair from @praxiscast and another English John for some D&D action. With the party finally reaching a brand new city having done a tiny bit of regime change in the previous city which surely will not have consequences later on.
Molto who made the excellent thumbnail for this: ko-fi.com/moltotrashoMortal Kombat (1995) Was a Flawless VictorySKTheCrusader2024-07-24 | I randomly decided to watch the 1995 Mortal Kombat film for the first time since I was 19 and it turns out, not as bad as people say and actually a lot of fun. I guess that "video game movie curse" was just made up, or at least that's what I want to try to prove.
Timestamps: 00:00 - What a Ridiculous Premise 04:26 - What is Mortal Kombat? 11:52 - Mortal Kombat (1995) as an Adaptation 20:17 - Mortal Kombat (1995) as a Film 26:16 - Was it Really a Flawless Victory?
#mortalkombatA Quick Channel Update And Post Election AmbitionsSKTheCrusader2024-07-02 | I just had a huge couple months on here so here's some thoughts I collected and a little update for you all about where I want to go with the channel.
The General Election 2024 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxM2EYI_ra6jqQX9Q2q0kYQn-O_no8FMHThe Hot New Thing In UK Politics: Independent CandidatesSKTheCrusader2024-06-29 | Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn, determined local activists, a former candidate or just some guy, independents are a small, but seemingly increasingly significant part of political life in the UK so for this final election video I wanted to think a little bit about them.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Independent Candidates: A Legacy of Failure 03:36 - Why Might These Independents Feel Different? 12:01 - A Few Interesting Independent Candidates (not endorsements) 22:55 - Jeremy Corbyn: An Independent Like No Other 30:50 - Where's This Going?
#generalelection2024 #jeremycorbyn #independentIs It Time To Give The Green Party A Chance?SKTheCrusader2024-06-24 | The Green Party of England and Wales look set to have an incredible election by their standards. So here's some thoughts on them.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point 05:54 - The Rise of The Greens and Their Tensions 22:37 - What’s Their Offer This Time? 27:28 - Vote Green… Maybe… in Specific Places
#generalelection2024 #ukpoliticsHuge Breaking UK General Election News! #ukelections #ukpolitics #generalelection2024SKTheCrusader2024-06-18 | Has anyone else heard about this?Unmasking The Real Keir StarmerSKTheCrusader2024-06-13 | They're calling this video "the most forensic moment of the election". A deep dive on Britain's most prominent wet wipe and probable future Prime Minister Keir Starmer. An awful spiteful man leading an awful spiteful movement who shouldn't be allowed near power.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Why Keir Starmer 05:41 - Before Parliament 10:40 - How His Legal Career Changed Him 25:20 - Director of Public Prosecutions 28:42 - The Curious Case of Keir Starmer and Jimmy Savile 36:19 - The Things He Actually Did That Were Bad 46:15 - What Did We Learn? 48:57 - Keir Starmer’s Awful Political Instincts and Actions 51:55 - Inability to Meaningfully Scrutinise The Tories 01:00:03 - Keir Starmer Doesn't Care About Black People 01:02:26 - BLM Reaction 01:04:59 - The Forde Report 01:11:08 - Diane Abbott 01:15:54 - Anti LGBTQ+ Bigotry 01:19:58 - Is Keir Starmer a Transphobic Scumbag Who Hates Kids? 01:26:42 - Obsessive Left Punching 01:28:44 - Known liar who constantly lies 01:31:26 - Indifference to Palestinian life 01:39:22 - Clearly Racist and Politically Partial Disciplinary Process 01:51:55 - Apsana Begum 01:54:53 - Last Second Suspensions 02:03:03 - The People He Surrounds Himself With 02:04:38 - High Quality Candidates and Officials 02:06:28 - David Evans 02:11:46 - Darren Rodwell 02:17:32 - Luke Akehurst 02:27:46 - Absurd Shadow Cabinet of Weirdos and Lowlives 02:29:34 - Rachel Reeves 02:34:44 - Wes Streeting 02:39:32 - Thangam Debbonaire 02:43:43 - New Labour Relics 02:48:05 - Should This Man Become Prime Minister?
#keirstarmer #generalelection2024 #labourpartyThe Conservative Party is Finished and This is Why They Deserve ItSKTheCrusader2024-06-06 | The Conservative Party looks like it's heading for a severe defeat. To this I simply say good and want to put the boot into them.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:54 - The State of the Country 13:54 - A Collection of Weird Tory Guys 30:50 - My Verdict
#tories #generalelection2024 #rishisunakFallout: The World Was Broken Before The BombsSKTheCrusader2024-05-15 | I got way too into the Fallout TV show and now I'm replaying New Vegas. So have a collection of thoughts about the show, the characters, the setting and whether or not it's all actually good or not.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 05:57 - Now I am become death the destroyer of worlds 13:11- How To Make Good Characters for a Video Game Adaptation 18:12 - Lucy 22:51 - The Ghoul/Cooper Howard 30:05 - Maximus 36:03 - Embrace Democracy, or you will be eradicated 47:43 - The Actual Review 57:07 - Outro
#fallout #fallouttvshowAsking about the weirdest accusation I get when people are mad at meSKTheCrusader2024-05-02 | I have no clue why this particular accusation follows me around and I just need to know why.How are things going? and other updatesSKTheCrusader2024-04-27 | A "short" update on both the personal and channel sides of things. Setting out some goals for the channel and asking you all how you feel about a potential change of direction at least every once in a while.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:29 - Personal Updates 06:52 - Channel Updates 12:11 - Goals and outroFor Gods Sake. No The Crusades Werent JustifiedSKTheCrusader2024-04-15 | I made a fatal error and decided to make a short about The Crusades where I simply said they weren't justified and while most people were able to be normal about it, apparently some of you need me to go through this. I'll get us through what a crusade is, whether what we commonly consider "The Crusades" were justified and why I think some of you really want them to be justified and how this ties into some contemporary issues.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:07 - What is a Crusade? 12:44 - Were The Crusades Justified? 31:32 - Why do some people want them to be justified? 41:30 - ConclusionsIs Being an MP Britains Most Dangerous Job?SKTheCrusader2024-04-02 | A lot of the time that we hear from our MPs in Britain it's to hear that they feel like there's a baying mob just waiting to tear them apart. Maybe there should be given the state of the country, but I wanted to actually look at the substance of this and try to figure out what it is that MPs actually want given their highly paid and privileged position in our society.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 06:40 - Quantifying and Understanding Danger 17:14 - What is an Acceptable Risk? 24:34 - Solving the Question of Safety 30:42 - ConclusionsDune: Part Two Was Kind Of Mid Wasnt It?SKTheCrusader2024-03-21 | Dune Part Two has inspired a lot of commentary, as it should it's a big deal. The question is, does it live up to the billing and will it change cinema over the long term. There's a lot of people in the "yes of course it will" camp, but I'm a bit more tempered. Enjoy this collection of my disorganised thoughts on a film adaptation of a book I adored as a dorky teen.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Disclaimers and Spoiler Warning 01:13 - This really was meant to be a short 06:46 - My "brief" thoughts 17:40 - Wrapping upThe Galloway, The Bad and The UglySKTheCrusader2024-03-16 | Britain's newest MP George Galloway is something of an odd character. So I decided to try to wrap my head around exactly what kind of guy he is and what questions are raised by his victory in Rochdale. I decide to look at the good, the bad and the ugly of what Galloway represents and brings to the table in British politics and it gets weird.
Once again I have done a video about a weird British guy. For god's sake. Oh also I wear cat ears in this one. Meow.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 06:18 - The Good 19:28 - The Bad 32:03 - The Ugly 45:15 - Conclusions
#georgegalloway #ukpolitics #rochdaleThis functions as a channel update I guessSKTheCrusader2024-03-05 | Hey all, this is kind of a rambling explanation of some things I need to get off my chest just so that if things suddenly change in the near future with the channel you're not surprised. This is obviously very different to my usual videos and I did it in kind of a rush so please excuse any roughness and don't worry this does not count towards the "2 videos a month" rule.
My Discord for cool people: discord.gg/Adxy3T7947 My Patreon: patreon.com/SKTheCrusader Become a member to get some cool benefits: youtube.com/channel/UCsVppuFde81TeSi6CFq2SRA/join Where you can find me: https://linktr.ee/SKTheCrusader Ko-Fi for tips: ko-fi.com/skthecrusaderAI Art, The Struggle of Creativity and Why The Luddites Were RightSKTheCrusader2024-02-29 | I can't draw, so I'm making that AI's problem. I take a look at what we mean by generative AI, how it works and get into a whole thing about the Luddites. All before I tie it all up into a neat non-AI generated bow.
Timestamps: 00:00 - I attempt to draw 05:18 - Intro 08:03 - What do I mean by "AI" 20:57 - The Fun Part About Luddites 29:19 - The Really Scary Consequences 42:02 - What's Left For Us To Do?
#ai #aiartI Think Ive Found The Most Farcical Politician of 2010s BritainSKTheCrusader2024-02-21 | Sometimes the world decides to take a person seriously and you just wonder... why? I decided to look at one such case and came to an unsurprising series of conclusions. Namely: Britain is a farcical place that produces farcical politicians, but also that one particular man went out of his way to embody all of the ways the 2020s generation of leading British politicians would be terrible.
This one is just a bit of fun, but it was great to cast my mind back to the distant year of 2016 and to a time when I may have cared what happened in the Labour Party.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 04:00 - How Did This Strange Man Emerge? 27:48 - The Summer of Banter 42:02 - How He Got The Last LaughFor some reason YouTube wanted me to explain whether The Crusades were justified?SKTheCrusader2024-02-09 | I have no clue why, but YouTube seems to think I should be explaining whether The Crusades were justified. So here’s your answer.Was I Proven Wrong By Joe Biden and Keir Starmer About The Lesser Evil?SKTheCrusader2024-01-27 | It's election season! And with the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primaries in the rear view mirror I couldn't help but notice: a lot of very annoying people are really trying hard to defend Joe Biden and demanding people vote for him. We also have an election coming up in the UK. Given all of this I thought, why not take a look at some ideas I had a couple of years ago about one of the primary arguments in favour of voting for both Joe Biden and Keir Starmer: that they're the lesser evil.
In this video I respond to one very long comment that deserved a proper detailed response and I try to do a response video to myself, which is new to me (but I'm sure someone has done it before). I try to answer the biggest question of all, was I wrong and whether I was or wasn't, why was I right or wrong. This is a lot of self-reflection and maybe a little, tiny, victory lap.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 04:37 - The One Negative Comment 23:30 - Responding to Myself 38:14 - Was I Proven Wrong? 49:25 - Why I Was Right 57:06 - Conclusions
#uselection #ukelectiondiscovering the crane gameSKTheCrusader2024-01-19 | the crane game in Yakuza 0 drove me to new lows #yakuza0 #shortsEveryone Should Have Nice ThingsSKTheCrusader2024-01-14 | Happy new year everyone, here's a video with my new setup, my new hair, an ending that's actually quite good vibes and should set the tone for the year since I'll be critiquing means testing and promoting universalism.
Until now, ruthless means testing was the only way to distribute benefits and provide services, but not anymore. (This is the point where you gasp and ask if there's a better way). In the video I decide to look at some of the more innocent motivations and justifications that people make in favour of means testing. Then I get into why these aren't actually sound, or politically intelligent positions to hold in a lot of cases. Finally I make the case for some universalism in services (though I tried not to dismiss UBI out of hand, it has a potential place). So yeah long live UBS and lets hope 2024 is great.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 04:42 - Why some love means testing 18:10 - This is an awful way to do things 32:37 - Free stuff is easy and can work 39:36 - ConclusionsLunch With SK 2SKTheCrusader2023-12-30 | It's that wonderful time of year between Christmas and New Years so let's pass a little time together. Enjoy a little food. Chat a bit and I'll have a chance to explain exactly why I seem to have disappeared this month. I promise, it's a good story. Well okay it's a story. Kind of. Look just watch along and find out.
My Discord for cool people: discord.gg/Adxy3T7947 My Patreon: patreon.com/SKTheCrusader Become a member to get some cool benefits: youtube.com/channel/UCsVppuFde81TeSi6CFq2SRA/join Where you can find me: https://linktr.ee/SKTheCrusader Ko-Fi for tips: ko-fi.com/skthecrusaderThe Real Threat to Free SpeechSKTheCrusader2023-11-30 | Have you ever heard that free speech is under threat? Well I decided to take a look at an often under examined issue. Those of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and the UKs weird and wonderful defamation laws. I love to make jokes about libel on stream so I thought you know what? Let's actually look into it a bit because people do seem to love suing people for any old stuff.
I start by assessing what the current status quo is regarding free speech in the UK and compare it to the obvious comparison point, America. Then I dive into what defamation actually is and what it looks like. I also finally learn the difference between Libel and Slander (no I will not use them correctly). I then decide to assess why they're so bad and who they're actually bad for.
Also I address whether a member of the House of Lords does things with dogs. My conclusion: who can say?
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:19 - The State of Free Speech 09:50 - You've Been Defamed 19:42 - Why It's So Bad 30:47 - ConclusionsLunch With SKSKTheCrusader2023-11-28 | I have a week off, so why not spend some time with you all as I eat some lunch? Chat a little bit about the videos, or really anything else that we feel like talking about. If you're bored at work, or on your lunchbreak I'm not the worst company you're going to have.
My Discord for cool people: discord.gg/Adxy3T7947 My Patreon: patreon.com/SKTheCrusader Become a member to get some cool benefits: youtube.com/channel/UCsVppuFde81TeSi6CFq2SRA/join Where you can find me: https://linktr.ee/SKTheCrusader Ko-Fi for tips: ko-fi.com/skthecrusaderWhat is this?SKTheCrusader2023-11-17 | I'm totally taken out by this giant Pele(?) #shortsPalestine and The Right To ResistSKTheCrusader2023-11-11 | With the latest in a what feels like an almost eternal and intractable issue escalating on October 7th, I decided to do a video on the topic of Israel-Palestine. Instead of rushing to be first, I took my time and tried to put the issue into not just its own context which is often missing, but to connect it to various historical events and issues, how those were responded to at the time and what the benefits of historical distance teach us about how we should be reacting now.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro and Context 14:13 - The Question of Complexity 21:47 - Apartheid is Really Bad 29:57 - Occupation and Colonialism Are at The Root of This 46:07 - The Question of Oppression and Responsibility 58:17 - This Is What Genocide Looks Like 01:03:48 - What Next?The Mogu Mogu ChugSKTheCrusader2023-11-03 | Thanks to the chat for challenging me and meeting my fundraising goal I chugged one litre of various flavours of Mogu Mogu. The things I do for content. Catch me doing this stuff live over on my twitch twitch.tv/skthecrusader #chugging #shortsThe Comedy to Conservatism PipelineSKTheCrusader2023-10-21 | Have you ever wondered what me, Ricky Gervais and Charlie Brooker have in common? Answer in the comments below. More seriously, the patrons decided that instead of talking about universalism and means testing I should talk about comedians and their tendency to fall into conservative politics. So here it is.
I start out by trying to establish the specific people I mean, because hashtag not all comedians I guess, but also because in the course of reading/watching material I realised that there's a particular group who seem to have a lot of things in common. So I went looking at the British ones to see what I could find and it turns out it's a lot of the same stuff we talk about in every video.
I hope you all enjoy this one! Be sure to like, subscribe, leave your answer to the question or just leave a nice comment all the same. Thanks! Also my apologies for this one being late a combination of writer's block and poorly timed sickness did not help with all this.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 04:50 - Establishing Our Type of Guy 13:06 - Why Are They Like This? 24:56 - How We Break The Pipeline 31:43 - ConclusionsBetrayed by myself #twitch #crayonsSKTheCrusader2023-10-06 | As I tried to get out of a commitment I made to eat crayons on stream one viewer provided some "compelling evidence" that I had in fact made such a promise even though I believe this is a deepfake and fake news #shortsSK After DarkSKTheCrusader2023-09-30 | My partner is away so let's hang out late, have a couple of drinks and maybe play some old GameCube games or whatever else we fancy.
My Discord for cool people: discord.gg/Adxy3T7947 My Patreon: patreon.com/SKTheCrusader Where you can find me: https://linktr.ee/SKTheCrusaderWhat Radicalised British Centrists?SKTheCrusader2023-09-24 | For this month's second video I decided to look back and think about what is at the time of publishing my most popular video which was about aggro-centrism and instead of focussing on a specific subsection of British centrists I wanted to look at all of them.
Why are they all so difficult for the left to even communicate with on a basic level? I thought about this and it reminded me of trying to communicate with other groups that you would reasonably describe as both alienated from the left and radicalised towards the right.
In an effort to understand why this has happened, I decided to think a bit about how centrists think, particularly about government and who should be involved in governing and whether that tells us anything about their vulnerability to this kind of radicalisation towards the right.
Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 09:35 - Revisiting My Taxonomy 18:07 - The Centrist Mode Of Doing and Understanding Politics 29:30 - The Case For Calling Them Radicalised 42:09 - The Events & The Restoration 51:31 - Conclusions
#ukpolitics #centristAn unfortunate slip of the tongueSKTheCrusader2023-09-15 | We were watching some youtube videos over on twitch and I said something that I regret about Godzilla #shortsLets Talk About NATO And Why It SucksSKTheCrusader2023-09-10 | The patrons have once again conspired to make me do a video about a topic that might be more trouble than it's worth, but as a servant of democracy I had to make it. Speaking of being a servant of democracy, have you ever wondered about NATO? In the UK and other long term member states it's such a part of the ambiance that it almost goes unquestioned and to some is unquestionable in the same way that to question Oxygen would be seen as outrageous.
What am I to do? Well obviously to question it. NATO not Oxygen. In the video I decided to look at the origins of NATO in the aftermath of World War II, what the motivations were for the forming of the predecessor alliances that served as the foundation of NATO. I then take a look at the general claims that NATO makes about itself and that its supporters make before I try to deconstruct them. Finally I just decide to go into what NATO is really for, if we consider the things they admit to in their mycrimes.txt style website (which is actually a good source for treaty texts and things like that so thanks for that I guess?)
Also a special thanks to @Rosencreutzzz who proofread the script and gave me some advice on it.
Sources, interesting things to read and recommendations: Article IV of the Brussels Pact - https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_17072.htm The Role Ex-Nazis Played in Early West Germany - https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/from-dictatorship-to-democracy-the-role-ex-nazis-played-in-early-west-germany-a-810207.html Why Was NATO Founded (according to NATO) - https://www.nato.int/wearenato/why-was-nato-founded.html 2019 Pew Research Poll on NATO Favourability - pewresearch.org/global/2020/02/09/nato-seen-favorably-across-member-states NATO page on Collective Defence and Article 5 - https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm In Strikes on Libya by NATO, an Unspoken Civilian Toll - nytimes.com/2011/12/18/world/africa/scores-of-unintended-casualties-in-nato-war-in-libya.html Article on Slavery in Africa, with a focus on Libya - time.com/longform/african-slave-trade MEPs: Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220909IPR40137/meps-hungary-can-no-longer-be-considered-a-full-democracy Neo-Nazi officer Antonio Meroño Jiménez promoted to NATO Chief of Intelligence - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/P-9-2022-000744_EN.html List of Chairs of the NATO Military Committee - https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_134296.htm Military spending by country - worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-spending-by-country The Japanese hunger striker demanding an end to US bases in Okinawa - theguardian.com/world/2022/may/14/the-japanese-hunger-striker-demanding-an-end-to-us-bases-in-okinawa Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
Timestamps: 00:00 - Mini Channel Update 01:46 - Intro and Disclaimers 09:18 - NATO's Origin Story 25:39 - Does NATO Match Supporter’s Claims? 42:30 - NATO’s Role In Projecting American/Western Imperialism 50:10 - Conclusionsethics in game journalism accurately simulated in Game Dev Tycoon #gamingSKTheCrusader2023-09-01 | On my day off I decided to stream Game Dev Tycoon and the chat talked me into making the least likely hit of all time #shortsmy finest moment in CK3SKTheCrusader2023-08-25 | The great moment where I finally forced England to acknowledge the truth about itself. That it's really Large Kent #shortsSKTheCrusader Live StreamSKTheCrusader2023-08-20 | ...The Wildest Political Party Youve Never Heard OfSKTheCrusader2023-08-19 | Yeah this video got away from me. It also might be the video that finally gets me sued. What started out as "what does success for a left-of-Labour Party look like in the UK?" Ended up with me diving down a rabbit hole of local government shenanigans that I couldn't quite believe. How did I get from talking about the Liverpool Community Independents and The Green Party of England and Wales to Nottinghamshire? Well all of that is explained and a whole lot more.
So join me on my journey as I explore one local Nottinghamshire political party's quest to make and break laws. We meet characters like the leader of the Ashfield Independents Jason Zadrozny, who has had his run ins with the law and his deputy whose specific incident I wont spoil in this description, but trust me you'll want to find out.
I try to find some lessons to be learned from all this, but to be honest, I'm not sure there were any and by the end my brain had clearly fried from the heat and the content, so enjoy me slowly descending into madness and remember to like, comment, subscribe!
00:00 - Intro 03:32 - How Did I Get Here? 14:00 - Meet Our Heroes 23:10 - The Hero's Journey 38:50 - What Did We Learn?
#ukpolitics #nottinghamshire #localpoliticsThe legendary Madagascar incident in #GeoGuessr #shortsSKTheCrusader2023-08-11 | My greatest ever guess on GeoGuessr #shortsGamers: Are They The Lefts Problem?SKTheCrusader2023-08-05 | Well, I finally had to do it because of the patrons. So here's my video about Gamers, who we mean by the term, what their culture is and how that impacts the world around us (or if it even does.) In this video I try to answer a question a loyal patron asked, which is to what the left can or should do about Gamers.
I take some issue with the premise, but in this video I explore the origins of modern gamer culture, who we have in our head when we think of "gamers", the behaviours associated with them and how they impact upon marginalised communities particularly in the "post-Gamergate era" even if we aren't necessarily out of the shadow of that particular event.
I also try to establish why these issues may be for the left to solve and what the consequences of either inaction or abdication of our place in these spaces (depending on your view of what our current positioning is within them) are. I go on to explore what leftist action in these spaces could or should look like and begin to approach the question of deradicalisation of these spaces where people have become alienated towards the left.
00:00 - Intro 04:13 - Who Are Gamers and What Is Their Culture? 17:30 - What’s The Actual Problem? 35:29 - Is this even our issue to fix? 49:00 - Conclusions