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Who the hell is MrBeast? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I never bothered to ask and now i'm afraid of being outed as an old for asking.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

How? How is directly and unashamedly exploiting poor people for views and profit (while promoting yourself as "self made" no less) better than whatever it is you're referencing (presumably just another version of poor people being exploited for views and profit)??

Why do you feel the need to defend the indefensible?

[–] Feathercrown 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why do you feel the need to make it so black and white? Clearly, helping people is a good thing, even if done with another motive in mind. To ignore this and say it's all bad is simply dishonest.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When the "other motives" are literal propaganda that helps maintain inequality at the expense of the people it exploits under the pretence of "help", it is black and white to anyone who isn't too busy licking boot.

[–] Feathercrown -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

First, fuck off with the name calling. Lame and uncalled for, and not indicative of good faith in discussion.

Second: How do his videos constitute propaganda that maintains inequality? Is he not literally preventing inequality by giving away money or assistance? He also serves as a role model to encourage his viewers to do the same.