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Politics & history (other) Videos Recommended on Hacker News (32)
Politics & history (other) is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 32 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 117 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
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15 mo on HNTry to Rule Fairly and You'll Be Overthrown
CGP Grey
15 HN recommender · 2016–2025
11 mo on HNLondon Swallowed a City but Couldn't Digest It.
CGP Grey
12 HN recommender · 2012–2024
8 mo on HNThe UK Is a Country Made of Countries
CGP Grey
6 HN recommender · 2015–2023
9 mo on HNAmerica Keeps Rejecting an ID Card It Already Has
CGP Grey
14 HN recommender · 2017–2024
7 mo on HNMost Cities Got More Democratic. This One Didn't.
CGP Grey
6 HN recommender · 2015–2023
7 mo on HNThe Voting System That's Actually Too Good for Politicians to Allow
CGP Grey
7 HN recommender · 2015–2021
6 mo on HNDebate Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault - On human nature [Subtitled]
withDefiance
6 HN recommender · 2015–2026
5 mo on HNWhy Louisiana Stays Poor
Together Louisiana
6 HN recommender · 2018–2024
5 mo on HNThe Voting System That Gives You Two Votes
CGP Grey
5 HN recommender · 2012–2026
4 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: Crises of Capitalism
Royal Society of Arts
4 HN recommender · 2011–2016
4 mo on HNI'm Allowed to Rob You!
Larken Rose
4 HN recommender · 2013–2017
3 mo on HNEvery Ruler Makes the Same Mistake When They Die
CGP Grey
3 HN recommender · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNA Third of America Belongs to America
CGP Grey
3 HN recommender · 2018–2020
3 mo on HNWhy lockdowns are the wrong policy: Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke
UnHerd
7 HN recommender · 2020–2021
3 mo on HNIs the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
3 HN recommender · 2019–2022
3 mo on HNThe UK Election Results Were the Worst in History
CGP Grey
3 HN recommender · 2015–2022
2 mo on HNStadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2016–2022
2 mo on HNLESSON 1: Do Not Obey In Advance
Timothy Snyder
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNThe Problem With Human Rights
Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNUSPS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNLiquid Democracy In Simple Terms
pxi
1 HN recommend · 2015–2020
1 mo on HNWorld-famous liberal commentator Bill Maher calls out Trudeau.
Pierre Poilievre
1 HN recommend · 2022–2022
1 mo on HNThe True Cost of the Royal Family Explained
CGP Grey
1 HN recommend · 2013–2022
1 mo on HNPolitics and Language | Noam Chomsky | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
1 HN recommend · 2008–2018
0 mo on HNPaul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)
peoplefor
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNThe Laws of Mathematics are commendable
Jack Larkin
0 HN recommender · 2018–2025
0 mo on HNGove: Britons "Have Had Enough of Experts"
Robert Mackey
0 HN recommender · 2016–2019
0 mo on HNNoam Chomsky Thought Control In Democratic Societies NEW!
Riccardo
0 HN recommender · 2015–2017
0 mo on HNEurope Is Actually Five Different Groups of Countries
CGP Grey
0 HN recommender · 2014–2022
0 mo on HNUnsere Cyber Cyber Regierung - Jung & Naiv: Ultra Edition - #32c3
Jung & Naiv
0 HN recommender · 2017–2025
0 mo on HNThe Netherlands Is Not 'Holland.' It Never Was.
CGP Grey
0 HN recommender · 2016–2026
0 mo on HNMargaret Thatcher - "They'd rather have the poor poorer."
Excelsior10000
0 HN recommender · 2016–2023