Kraut_and_Tea

Soon

Hopefully the video will be done by sunday or monday

Why no ads?

I have seen a couple of comments under recent videos, praising me for not placing ads on my videos. I need to correct you, I do place ads on my videos. I always put one ad on every video I make. But never more, because I wouldn't watch a video cluttered to the brink with half a dozen ads, so I won't do that to you. Thing is though, that almost all my videos get pushed into limited ad status or are demonetized by youtube. This, of course, is because of the adpocalypse. And there is nothing I c...

Nato and diplomacy in a world of conflict

I was writing the script on "why I am a warhawk" and came to a realization. That being that the way I argued my case, merely invites people to come and try to pick holes.

So I deleted it all and decided to do something different.

I am going to try to present the realities of our geopolitical and diplomatic landscape around global conflicts as neutral and objective as possible, and simply present them.

I am curious to see what people watching this will conclude.

A video snap election.

As I continued work on the video about neo-Ottomanism I realized that this video will in all likelihood be longer than even the previous one. This video could quite possibly be up to 2 hours long when finished. And since the last 1-hour video took a month and 3 weeks to finish. I cant keep working on it alone. The income from patreon is important to my finances, and when I don't make a video, it bites my ass. So, I have to put the Turkey video aside for a moment and work on a different 15-min...

The trouble of describing genocide

 I am having trouble writing the chapter of the video that is about the  Armenian genocide. It is an important chapter. one of the most important  chapters. Not only because there are people who to this day deny that  the Armenian genocide happened. but because it is a seminal and  important moment in the 20th century. The systematic, organized and  industriously executed extermination of a million people, is something  that had not happened in human history...

Thank You!

I spent the weekend away, as i had to attend a funeral. So this thank you note is a little late.

I would like to thank you for your donations this month. There was only one video made, but I am happy I was able to satisfy you, and will hope to continue producing videos that you find worth watching in the future.

A private break

Hey guys, I have to go abroad for a week. Family stuff. Will take my flight on wednesday and hope to be back by sunday. So there will be a break in the work and in contact.

Thinking of new voting system

Since this video will take weeks to make and will be over an hour long, I am thinking of introducing a new system. I will go through the topic suggestions, determine which video would be under 30 minutes long and which ones would be over an hour long.

And then I will think of a system we could use where you guys vote for a long video and shorter ones for the weeks inbetween or something like that.

Update on neo-Ottomanism project

Just a word of warning, this is going to be a long project again. Right now i am researching and writing without thinking about how long it will be, but it could end up another one hour video again. So please have patience, this could take a while to finish.

On the disapearing comments

 It has recently come to people's attention that certain people can no  longer comment under my channel. And I wish to address this head-on and  in full honesty. 

Yes. I have banned people from commenting on my channel  and under my videos. In particular, I spent the past 2 years reading through the comments  under my videos and basically banned every single commentator who denied  the holocaust, spread Jewish conspiracies, posted nonsense about how &n...

You have voted!

The next video will be this:

 

• Neo-Ottomanism: Turkey in the 21st century

A brief overview of the fascinating 2000 year history of the Turkic peoples and culture. From nomadic steppe raiders to a middle eastern kingdom to the predominant Mediterranean superpower to a modern Europeanized republic to the current shift back into the middle east. How it's geopolitical ambitions in the modern age reflect many of its historic ambitions and what this means for ou...

Vote on the next two videos

These are the videos the 10$-50$ patreons have selected. I will post the titles for you to vote on, if you dont know what they are about, here is the link to the previous patreon post, detailing what these videos would be about:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/30869824

As this is the first time I am doing this, the two videos that will get the most votes will be done next, so I can preview a video in the ...

The Projects to come throughout the next 12 months

Here you go. This is what I selected for the to-do list. Might add some sooner or later. but this is what you can expect to vote on and for me to work on mainly. I will be setting up a poll next for the 10$-20$ patreons to select 5 for everyone to vote on.

 

• Neo-Ottomanism: Turkey in the 21st century

A brief overview of the fascinating 2000 year history of the Turkic peoples and culture. From nomadic steppe raiders to a middle eastern kingdom to the predomi...

Patreon tiers

Dont forget to sign up for patreon tiers, now that they exist.

Trump's Biggest Failure

As you, my dear patreons have now become more integrated into the video making process, I highly recommend that you also join my discord server here: derserver.xyz

Change is coming

You probably already noticed that I introduced Tiers and goals. Substancial changes are going to come to my patreon soon. I also highly recommend that you open up a discord account, since I will be using that to stay in touch with you on a more personal level. I also conected this patreon to the discord patreon bot, meaning it should automatically notice you if you are a patreon and give you your priveleges. I might also start using telegram as a friend of mine suggested to use it in a "patre...

Video and Poll

The long awaited China video will be out in 5 hours. Right now I am assembling a poll that will be posted later today or twomorrow for you to decide which video should be next.

If you can, i would also encourage you to join my discord, I have left most other servers and will be spending more time with patreons in both voice and text chat from now on.

Update: China project and future plans

It's been 2-3 weeks without a video and unfortunately I have to disapoint you in that the project i am working on is going to take its time. It's not just the research, but also the new art and animation style that is holding me up somewhat. To give you a little spoiler, it's going to be one of the longer videos I make and it will be about the ever growing geopolitical influence of Communist China and how the West, but in particular the United States, are failing to appreciate and combat that...

Why was the last video not monetized?

Ayo! Some of you may have wondered why I didn't monetize the last video about American gun culture. Well, I came to a decision after a little deliberation that videos shorter than 10 minutes will not be monetized on Patreon. This is a safety measure for myself. I still want to make short under 10 minute long videos, but I dont want to collapse into a pit where I only pump those out like a factory to squeeze money out of you. Through this, I hope to ensure that I will keep making videos that a...

explaining illiberal democracies

I wanted to make this video for years and am so glad that I can finaly post it here. I even remember talking to one fo you about making this some time ago. Hope you enjoy it!

How Vodka ruined Russia

 The stereotype of the drunk Russian is common and widespread. The  Russian alcoholic is, however, more than just a stereotype. Downing a  bottle of Vodka, slurring his words and making a fool of himself, the  Russian with a drinking problem is the result of four centuries of a  systemic alcohol problem that is by now deeply engrained within Russian  society. More sad than funny, Russias relationship with Vodka is built  on a fascinating history of Tsars, pe...

This months Patreon video

Hey, so I am only going to post this video on Patreon for the month. As i announced at the beginning. I managed to make 4 this month, but I am not happy with the output enough to make you pay for each and every single one of them. So for the next month, I might also only charge for 1 or 2 of the videos I make. We will still have to see though. My main priority is to get to a point where I can make either 2 videos a week and change my patreon to monthy payout. Or get back to a rythm of lenghty...

Update for July

As you noticed i didn't upload a video during the month of june, thats because i was burned out. I took time off, went fishing and tried to get back some energy.

I want to try something different for the month of July and possibly August. I will try to push myself into making as many videos again as possible. Short ones that are maybe only 5-10 minutes long. I want to try to boild down my message, abandone the long sentence structures and provide short and precice messages. I wanna try ...

A step too far Right: Embracing Tyranny to own the Libs

 Continuing down the road of reexamining past content, I felt that one of  the issues that most desperately needed to be adessed, is the way it  devolved into making appologia for tyrants and tyranny in the name of  "owning SJWs" and "owning Libs" 

A step too far Right: Culture War Kamikaze

After reading months of messages and comments by people claiming how much my political opinions have changed or that I am an SJW now, I finaly found the time to watch my old content and see for myself how much this may or may not be true.

How Online Conservatives Sell out to White Nationalists

I forgot to post the previous video on patreon, and from now on if I make a video and dont post it on patreon within 7 days, I wont post it here at all anymore.

The topic of this video is something that has concerned me for a while, which is how white nationalists market themselves as conservatives and how many conservatives unfortunately fall for it. I hope to see more conservatives, especially online, be more vigilant over who they endorse and to considere that some people might be ly...

BFV: The Missed Opportunities of a Norwegian Story

After this video in the BFV series there will be a brief break with a political video, then I might return back to it.

In Defense of Battlefield V

So! Let's do something more controversial! Since everyone jumped on the bandwagon of shiting on this videogame 6 months ago, I am going to do the opposite and defend it. Spent a while thinking over what is going wrong with this game, FPS games and gaming in general and I think there might be a view more videos on that topic after this.

Last exam on the 29th

You will have noticed that there has not been a video all jannuary.

Been heavily focused on learning as i decided to book a ton of courses for this semester, which also meant a ton of exams at the end of it. I will be having the final exam on the 29th. Which is when I will hopefully have more time again to work on videos.

Yours, Joe.

PS: I am thinking of giving up the "kraut" name and changing my online presence to my real name Joseph lancaster.

Paranoia Pornographer: Black Pigeon Speaks

Part of what may become a series of videos analysing content and honesty of political alternative media personalities.