Kraut

I want to pick your brains and read your opinions on something, if you have a moment.

I am currently recording and editing a video critiquing Samuel Huntington's theory of a clash of civilisations. His theory basically is that the world consists of civilisations that are shaped by common cultures, and those civilisations clash because of irreconcilable differences in cultural values.

A prediction Huntington made in the 1990s is that war between Russia and Ukraine is impossible, because those two countries share a common Slavic culture. I was going to make fun of that in the video. But....

After rereading Huntington's prediction, he argued that a war between Russia and Ukraine would be impossible because if Russia dared to do something so stupid, it would be "Russia's civilisational suicide". That if Russia went to war with Ukraine, it would lose its status as the centre of Slavic culture, and other Slavic nations like Ukraine or Poland would become the civilisational centres of Slavic culture.

Would it be too charitable for me to include this piece of context? Or should I just proceed to point out that Huntington's prediction was false?

4 days ago | [YT] | 2,508

Kraut

As you all know, I am not one to usually comment on any sort of Drama, but I am going to comment on this because it infuriates me.

Last week, the twitch imbecile Hasan Piker shared the full dox of my friend the journalist ‪@DylanBurnsTV‬

‪@DylanBurnsTV‬ used to be a political debate youtuber. But since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 changed his content a lot. He grabbed a camera, travelled to Ukraine where he has spent the last 3 years covering the war and how Ukrainians live under this war. He covered how the Russian army targets civilians in Kherson, interviewed civilian volunteer de-miners who sweep and clear the large minefields the Russian army left behind on Ukrainian farmland, talked to ordinary Ukrainians living through this war, and helped raise money for the Ukrainian cause. He continues to travel between the United States and Ukraine, covering Ukraine and American politics from a Liberal American perspective.


Sitting in the usually empty streamer chair within his multi-million mansion, the billionaire-son nepo baby champagne communist and Stasi Larper Hasan Piker now dropped the full address of Dylan Burns live to an audience of tens of thousands, out of some vindictive spite because Dylan called out his pro-Russian propagandising back in 2022. All of this while falsely calling Dylan Burns a "Zionist propagandist", a blatant and obvious lie meant to rile up his audience against him.

I am disgusted by this. Even more disgusting is that Hasan Piker can apparently just get away with doing shit like this repeatedly because of corruption within the administration of Twitch.

I therefore politely ask you to show Dylan Burns some love and subscribe to his channel:
youtube.com/c/DylanBurnsTV

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 4,690

Kraut

I want to thank all of you who donated to the ‪@69thSniffingBrigade‬ fundraiser! Last week the trucks bought with the donations were handed over to the Ukrainian armed forces in Kyiv. And I wanted to show you pictures of the hand over. There is also a video of the hand over that you can watch here if you want: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X66KW...

Just as a little reminder. In this war the humble pickup truck turned out to be one of the best friends a soldier can have. Give a platoon a few pickup trucks with dedicated drivers, and suddenly resupply, troop rotation, and medical evacuations become faster and far more effective. This is especially important in medical evacuations, where you can probably imagine - every single second counts. Having a fleet of a dozen pickup trucks turned out to be very effective for military logistics. That's why I decided that I will be supporting the fundraisers that purchase pickup trucks for Ukrainian troops.

Thank you again to all of you who donated to this fundraiser. I will be supporting their next campaign again.

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1 month ago | [YT] | 2,532

Kraut

Hey everyone! As I told you a few weeks ago, I will now be working with the Swiss/German/Austrian volunteer group DACH Battalion that raises money for an Estonian organisation called Help99 who buy trucks for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and drive them to Ukraine in "Freedom Convoys".

I have something to share with you. Last week the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Army reached out to us. They are a paratrooper brigade, and are currently being deployed in the areas guarding the town of Pokrovsk. If you followed the News from the Ukrainian frontline recently, then you probably know that the Russians have launched an offensive to try and take the town of Pokrovsk.

Soldiers of the 79th Air Assault Brigade decided to reach out directly to us with a special request to raise the money for a single pick up truck that they can use for supply runs and medical evacuations.

A link to the fundraiser for the truck for the 79th is here: www.help99.co/patches/holy-battalion

The 79th also sent us a video with their request here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzTKa...

If you have a euro or two to spare, I would be very grateful. If you donate a 100 euros you can purchase a patch at the donation site. If you do not have any funds to donate right now, I would be grateful if you could share this information with others, or post it yourself on whatever social media platforms you use.

Thank you.

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1 month ago | [YT] | 288

Kraut

The European Union has launched a design contest for a new design of the 20 Euro bill.

I have made 4 designs. Which one do you think I should submit?

You can participate in the contest yourself here: www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.pr25…

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1 month ago | [YT] | 4,642

Kraut

Hello everyone I am happy to announce that I will be working with the NAFO DACH Battalion of the @69thSniffingBrigade This is an organization where the DACH Battalion volunteers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland work together to collect donations for the organization to purchase and prepare pick-up trucks and vans that are used as frontline evacuation vehicles by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It will probably come as no surprise to the majority of my audience that I am a supporter of Ukraine. And I have decided to get a little more involved in this matter with more direct support and promotion.

In order to raise funds for evacuation vehicles, the DACH Battalion regularly launches campaigns and creates collectable patches. The donations are collected directly on the official website of the 69th Sniffing Brigade's registered organization, help99.co. At the end of a campaign, the volunteers drive the vehicles as a convoy directly to Ukraine and officially hand them over to the Ukrainian army units that requested them. During the hand over ceremony, pictures and video reports are taken and published on the YouTube channel of the @69thSniffingBrigade full transparency.

Link to the site: www.help99.co/patches/german-battalion

I will be promoting their campaigns regularly here from now on! And I hope that in the near future I can join the convoys and make a video about the great work DACH battalion has been doing!

Slava Ukraini!

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1 month ago | [YT] | 2,650

Kraut

I'm reading a little through the Trump - E.U deal and noticed something curious.

The agreement has a disparity in Ireland. Northern Ireland gets the 10% tariff rate of the U.K, the Republic of Ireland gets the 15% tariff rate of the E.U. Short term this may cause a headache in the already existing mess caused by Brexit, but long term... well. The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is open. There are also no tariffs on imports and exports between the U.K and E.U. So if you are someone with the experience in trade and business as well as the required capital, it may be worth consideration setting up an import-export company in Belfast that imports goods from the E.U to then export them to the U.S at the lower tariff rate.

Could be quite a bit of money in it?

2 months ago | [YT] | 3,376

Kraut

‪@ShaunPinnerUA‬ published this video yesterday. And I wanted to raise awareness about it. And hope you can maybe find the moment to watch and share it yourself. Thank you.

2 months ago | [YT] | 185

Kraut

Finished another video. Think of this one as more of an appetiser. Something I had to finish making for another video that I am currently working on, so people will understand the coming video better.

2 months ago | [YT] | 426

Kraut

Bohumil Hrabal was a great Czech novelist of the 20th century. A socialist believer, yet still a reformist, he is most famous for his works on the Nazi occupation of Czechia, and his great satire of capitalism "I served the King of England".

Being a reformist he was unpersoned after the Prague Spring and banned from working as an artist. He eventually decided to make a theatrical apology, confessing to all the misdeeds and crimes the regime had falsely accused him of. He hoped this would allow him to work again. But in the end it threw him into an impossible situation.

His friends and fellow artists who refused to bend the knee to the regime were furious with him. They all came together to condemn him, refused to talk to him, let alone work with him. The famous Czech dissident songwriter Karel Kryl, famously denounced him as "the whore of Prague". Yet even for them this was just as painful an act to commit. The Czech dissident novelist Milan Kundera eventually pointed out that despite everything, Hrabal was still the greatest living Czech author.

At home in Czechia Hrabal remained tormented even by those he had apologised to. He was permitted to work in film and art again, and to write and publish novels again. But the regime constantly clawed itself into him. His so called past infractions were permanently held over his head. At no point was he ever permitted to forget that his entire career and ability to work was conditioned on the good will of those who had forced him to apologise.

Hrabal became what is known as a "reformed person" in the jargon of Marxist regimes. A somewhat ironic term, because the thing about "reformed people" in Marxist regimes, is that non of them were ever really "reformed". The term "reformed" morphed in those regimes into a sort of ever present reminder, that this was a "once bad person". In a particularly cruel perversion of justice, the term "reformed" in communist regimes basically took on the same meaning as a criminal record. And it was also a permanent reminder that this was a person entirely dependant in their life on the good graces of those who held the leash of their past lives tightly tied around their necks. An existence of permanent torment by having the fear of being unpersoned again and again and again made a permanent part of life.

Struggling under this continuous torment. Bohumil Hrabal wrote one of his most famous works. The short story "All my Cats". In summary, the book is about how he gets a little summer cottage outside of Prague, and there he begins to bring all the cute little kittens that he finds abandoned in Prague. He feeds them, cares for them, cuddles them. But as they grow in number and age the situation becomes increasingly difficult. The kittens become cats who still adore him, yet as he is overwhelmed by the challenges of caring for their needs they begin to scratch, bite and hurt him.

It is a story about the struggle of dealing with what to do when those who you love start to hurt you.

Posting this for no particular reason, other than that I think someone who may consider themselves in a similar situation online, may find a little comfort in reading here.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 1,696