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yesitsyourmom t1_iqrh1ni wrote

If only more Americans would watch

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noxverde t1_iqrxbay wrote

I watched this with my stepdad. He said that the people who should be seeing this aren’t watching PBS. Unfortunately he’s right.

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carolinaindian02 t1_iqsg0c3 wrote

Unfortunately, public broadcasting in the US never really had the influence, funding, or popularity as their British counterparts did.

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Barrens-Chat t1_iqrw0lh wrote

I finished it last night. My first comment to my wife was how well done it was but that the people who should watch it won’t.

It also struck me we are losing the people who saw firsthand the implications of fascism and would be the strongest voices against it.

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yesitsyourmom t1_iqs3r3f wrote

My thoughts exactly. Too bad it isn’t on all the movie apps.

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stupendousman t1_iqtmcgr wrote

News about the ongoing starvation in Yemen due to the US supported blockade? The people, including kids, being burned and blown up by US weapons?

Nah, just watch a documentary about how large scale murder shouldn't happen again. *Oh yeah, and FDR was good or something.

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TheManassaBaller t1_iqv4rgi wrote

It's not an either/or situation. People can watch documentaries about past events that helps them to make better decisions in the present.

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stupendousman t1_iqwd1sp wrote

> It's not an either/or situation.

My point is there is no or, people go on about past atrocities, parrot "never again" and ignore the again happening right now.

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PoorPDOP86 t1_iqs72ml wrote

We do. Your assumption that Americans don't watch documentaries is false. As is your idea that the video justifies any preconceived notions you have about Americans.

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yesitsyourmom t1_iqsa5lg wrote

I am American. I’m not assuming they don’t watch at all. But more would be better. There aren’t a lot of young people watching PBS documentaries. Especially about the Holocaust. I see the Jeffrey Dahmer show us doing well though….

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carolinaindian02 t1_iqsg5i6 wrote

Like I said, in a previous comment, public broadcasting here isn’t really popular compared to Britain.

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yesitsyourmom t1_iqshcen wrote

PBS is hugely popular here. But the watchers trend older now. And if you’re talking about BBC, in general, they aren’t comparable. Totally, different thing.

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TheManassaBaller t1_iqv4nhh wrote

Hugely popular where? I can count on one hand the number of times I have heard anyone mention PBS outside of children's educational programming. And I've lived in the northeast and the south.

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yesitsyourmom t1_iqvvn1r wrote

Maybe you’re listening to the wrong people ?https://pbsfoundation.bento-live.pbs.org/foundation/contact/pbs-facts/

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floppypickles t1_iquvmpx wrote

he’s talking about maga dumb assess needing to see this, but they won’t watch cause they believe pbs will make them gay or something.

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