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The Alt-Right Playbook: Always a Bigger Fish

Innuendo Studios' Alt-Right Playbook episode, drawing on Corey Robin's The Reactionary Mind, argues that conservatism defends hierarchy and a shrinking in-group.

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as a thoughtful video essay and for its model of in-group hierarchy in political threads.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Innuendo Studios
Topic
political video essay
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
7
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Yeah it's not necessarily true. I think Innuendo Studios/Ian Danskin explains this mechanism very very well [VIDEO] Many people think Jeff Bezos should exist and have his wealth because he got there by playing the game better than everyone else, and that this game is …

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  • My favorite corner of YouTube— lengthy, thoughtful, and often artistic video essays and skits addressing culture and politics— is flourishing right now. Some examples: Unfolding Ideas – [LINK] ContraPoints – [LINK] Philosophy Tube – [LINK] Lindsay Ellis – [LINK] Innuendo Studios – [VIDEO] HBomberguy – …

    pxc on Hacker News · 2019-04
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  • > I sometimes wonder if we could design a better system today [...] optimizing for values we have today like freedom, balance of power and equality of opportunity. I think it's important to point out that some people... don't seem to share the same ground-assumptions, …

    Terr_ on Hacker News · 2025-09
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