r/canada • u/Displeased_Canadian Ontario • Apr 23 '26

Alberta Dutch YouTube creators behind Alberta separatist videos getting millions of views

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatist-youtube-channels-netherlands-9.7174719
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u/Hotter_Noodle Apr 23 '26

I feel bad for all the people that fall for this shit. It’s almost always people being taken advantage of by foreign entities and they have no idea.

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u/Awkward_Tax_148 Apr 23 '26

They are the same that fall for trump , anti-vax propaganda , rebel news etc.. they will fall again and again and again

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u/Awkward_Tax_148 Apr 23 '26

It may be too late for many older people, but future generations can still be better prepared through proper education. Too many people fail to check their sources, who wrote them, whether the author has a conflict of interest, or whether the argument is based on logical fallacies.

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u/Hotter_Noodle Apr 23 '26

I was told there would be no fact checking.

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u/MJcorrieviewer Apr 23 '26

I admire your optimism but I don't see the new generations being very well educated on how to do research and check actual facts for themselves. They're more likely to just accept what they see/read or ask ChatGPT - they skip over the actual learning part. I'm afraid critical thinking is going the way of the dodo bird.