Kraut_and_Tea

Delay through Swatting

There was an attempt to have me swatted this month. I am not making it public yet, because I am still making inqueries on what to do next. I know who the person who did this was, I also have proof that he did this with malicious intent. Unfortunately the police told me that because this person lives outside of the European Union, it will be difficult to downright impossible to ever have him cri...

Sharing Scripts and Announcing whats Next

Some of you have asked why I no longer share video scripts or announce what the next video is. And I guess I should have explained that from the start.

First: One of the reasons the Dutch and later Hungary project was delayed so long is because I mistakenly posted "Editor" links, that gave those who used the link the power to edit the document. Someone here posted the links on kiwifarms, ...

Nuclear Proliferation in the MAGA Era

I hope you like it. Took me a little longer to finish.

Poland engages Eastern Europe

I hope you like the final paret on the series on Eastern Europe. A new series on Hungary is already in thee works. Which will basically be a summary of the history of Hungarian political institutions from the middle ages to today.

Poland builds Alliances

In this part of the series we examine how Poland engaged it's neighbours in Central Europe during the 1990s. How it built close relations with the Czech Republic through contacts among dissidents. How Poland overcame historical legacies of conflict with Lithuania by helping the Lithuanians in their struggle for independence. And how initial difficulties in the German-Polish relationship in the ...

Sitting on 3 videos

I am currently sitting on 3 finished videos that have been finished for 3 weeks, and am half finished with a 4th. The reason i can't publish them is because the sponsors are stalling, delaying, and constantly pushing up the publication date. I think they are trying to get me to publish one video per month. But I want to publish one video per week. Because i want to see if viewers like weekly vi...

Germany. The Triumph of Bureaucracy

I'm back! Because there has not been a video in so long, I am trying to get 4 videos up in February. Two of them are already finished. Sorry for the prolonged absence. Things happened in my offline private life that needed my attention.

Couldn't finish the Germany video on time

I tried but failed to finish the second Germany video on time. I will have it here for you by early september. My appologies.

The Origins of German Bureaucracy and Militarism

The first part is finished. Hope you like you it :)

Can I splitt the next video in two?

Would you be mad with me if I split the next video about the origins of German Buerocracy in two?

In the current circumstances I might soon be faced with a 7000 euro bill to repair the water damage in my apartment. If I can split this video in two, I might be able to make all that money in one go, would you be ok with that?

Good News and Bad News

The Bad news, my apartment had water damage and I was deemed the responsible party who now has to pay for the damages. The good news, this means I have to work on making more videos to pay for the repairs.

I'll be putting extra effort into getting the Germany project done. And will scramble together some other old scripts as well.

Sponsor delay

The Sponsor for some reason asked me to not finish the Germany video until July. I don't know why, I guess they have a marketing campaign planned or something. Either way, I will still try to finish the video in June and give you the add free version. I just wont publish it for everyone yet.

Final Germany Script

After some input and conversations with some of you, I made some changes to the Germany script. I'll open this one for comments in case you want to comment on something or feel it should be changed again: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jSNHrBmzyUQ9jb37vhv87YC...

I hate making videos about Germany

Millions of different and complex Holy Roman Empire flags go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

And this is just for the first 8 minutes of this video... lol

German Buerocracy and Sponsor Buerocracy

For those of you wondering why the Estonia video is not yet up on my channel. The Sponsor asked me to wait a little with publication, and I am obliging them.

You should however know that I am already working on the next project.

"The Origins of German Buerocracy"

Which will be a video explaining where the notorious German Buerocracy came from.

Here is a link to the scri...

Estonia - the digital state

Hope you enjoy it, it will soon go on the main channel :)

Preview: Polish Realism vs German Ostpolitik

This video is far from finished, I would say only 25% of this video are by now done. The reason is that I am not editing this video at all. All that i did was to research, write, and record a script. All the visuals and editing are done by an artist and editor I hired.

I recently ran out of money and am now making a lot of short videos to pay the editor again. But I hope you like this li...

Eastern Europe is not real

I hope you enjoy this video. It's a topic I remember well from when I was a student and covers something I wish more people were aware of.

The Origins of French Centralisation

I have been working on this video as a collab with my friend Ravignon for a while. I had hoped we could finish it before April, but that unfortunately looks less and less likely. BUT, I still want to share with you this 90% finished version. I hope you like what you see. When it is 100% done, it will go up on my main channel :)

Update on the Dissidents

Hey there. Been a while.

If you remember I talked with you about the prospect of making a series that talks about the dissidents of Czechoslovakia under communism. I have been gone working on that while I was absent. I actually went back to my old university again for courses of Czech cultural history, because I decided that I will actually make this project this year.

I picked 3 di...

Script: How Victor Orban is killing Hungarian democracy.

Hey, some of you may know my friend Innos. He is the Hungarian guy who runs the discord server. Really cool dude and great friend who i have known for years. I have for a while now been researching a video that i wanted to make for him. He is a big ciritic of the Hungarian primeminister victor Orban, so I have on the side been working on a video about Victor Orban and how he has been destroying...

Why the Postwar matters

The Postwar matters. In the bleakness and horrors of the war we are currently witnessing in Europe, it is important to remind ourselves that this war will also end. This matters. It is upon us who believe in a free and democratic Europe to support our ukrainian brothers and sisters in their striving for victory. BUT it is also upon us all to imagine a world after the war. Many of my videos sinc...

Merry Christmas

Hey everyone. I hope you enjoyed your holidays. I just came home from seeing my family. I'll be taking a day or two to play videos and then will be back at making videos again.

An idea for a charity give-away

I was asked by a Ukrainian friend to take part in a charity event for Ukraine. I was thinking for a while about what I could do on a charity stream and had an idea. Last year I got a piece of an SU-30SM of the Russian air force Red 62 RF-81773. A fighter bomber that was shot down by Ukrainian air defense in Izyum. When I received the piece I looked up what camouflage the plane was in when it wa...

The Challenge of Ukrainian Agriculture

Hope you like it :)

I am not publishing the video on Milosz

After careful consideration and reading your critizisms I decided that i will not publish the video. I hope however that how i feel about this conflict came somewhat accross. Meaning, in times when people are dehumanised it is important to humanise others. My first instinct to not make a video on this conflict was probably correct.

Still. I have to say. I really enjoy reading your critiqu...

Shoudld I publish this?

I got an overwhelming ammount of requests to make a video on Israel and Palestine, I made this short low quality video recommending a book. Should I publish this?

To the Brazilian

I think most of you have noticed it by now. In ever script I write, there is this one Brazilian patreon, who for over a year has consistently done the same thing over and over again. He adds in one single sentence into every single script:

"Make a video about Brazil"

Fine. I'll make a video about Brazil. I'll write a video explaining why Brazil is nicknamed "the forever next superpo...

On historical accuracy in Movies

Hey. Last night I had an argument with another youtuber about historical accuracy and inaccuracy in movies and art. We disagreed a lot. I don't think historical accuracy is that important. And because I am... somewhat weird, I wrote a text that was intended to be a message for him. But I am now wondering if I should maybe turn this into a video. What do you think?

Link to text: 2023-11-12 15:52:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Ukrainian Agriculture and the challenge to Europe

I hired an artist to draw the artwork for the long video comparing the failed German foreign policy of Ostpolitic and the successes of the Polish realist foreign policy. My hands are bound here, I can not tell you when the video will be finished. And I do not want to put pressure on the artist since I believe this may inhibit his ability to work creatively. And generally... I just don't like pu...