I discovered "Histeria!" today on youtube, and watched about 2 hours of it. I can say without a doubt that this show is one of the most misleading, horrible shows on TV, and am glad to know that it hasn't been on the air for a while.
In one episode, for example, they refer to Communist leaders as "mass murdering dictators" with little reference to the US dictators of capitalism, Ngo Dinh Diem and Fulgencio Batista, and with little context. In that same episode, they also say "Josef Stalin transformed the USSR into a super power through terrorism and purges". How does one build an economy that went from completely backwater to industrial and superpower in 30 years, simply though "terrorism and purges"? there is a reason why Stalin is still loved in the modern Russian federation, and I'll leave it at that.
Also, they refer to Winston Churchill as a "hero of freedom", with little reference to his planned starvation of millions in British India as a means to control Indian nationalists and weaken the independence movement. Winston Churchill has more in common with "Histeria!"'s idea of Stalin than with any leader of freedom.
finally, the massacre of Native Americans, enslavement of African Americans, and mass lynchings is glossed over completely, while they seem to have no problem spending an entire episode on Stalin making jokes about him being an "evil dictator " (as if that is all he did in his 30 years as Soviet leader was kill his own people).
It's far-right propaganda. ignore it unless you are amused by simple minded attempts at brainwashing the youth into a "USA USA" attitude.
In one episode, for example, they refer to Communist leaders as "mass murdering dictators" with little reference to the US dictators of capitalism, Ngo Dinh Diem and Fulgencio Batista, and with little context. In that same episode, they also say "Josef Stalin transformed the USSR into a super power through terrorism and purges". How does one build an economy that went from completely backwater to industrial and superpower in 30 years, simply though "terrorism and purges"? there is a reason why Stalin is still loved in the modern Russian federation, and I'll leave it at that.
Also, they refer to Winston Churchill as a "hero of freedom", with little reference to his planned starvation of millions in British India as a means to control Indian nationalists and weaken the independence movement. Winston Churchill has more in common with "Histeria!"'s idea of Stalin than with any leader of freedom.
finally, the massacre of Native Americans, enslavement of African Americans, and mass lynchings is glossed over completely, while they seem to have no problem spending an entire episode on Stalin making jokes about him being an "evil dictator " (as if that is all he did in his 30 years as Soviet leader was kill his own people).
It's far-right propaganda. ignore it unless you are amused by simple minded attempts at brainwashing the youth into a "USA USA" attitude.