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Mr Beast is an evil guy that show how capitalisim can turn poor people into clowns to entertain rich people. (lemy.lol)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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He is an evil individual who fails to address systemic issues or assist people for their own benefit.

As a game show host, he humiliates and exploits participants, boasting about his own virtues without any regard for the contestants.

Examples:

I believe legal intervention is necessary to limit his actions towards people and prevent him from exploiting them for personal gain.

Quick note: while I believe that results of some of his videos is good ( which he did to show how good of a person he is), that does not change the facts about his evil videos, the same way bezoz donations does not make him a good person.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Those other YouTubers don't make their fortunes convincing much poorer people to make fools of themselves for a miniscule sliver of what beast is making by monetizing it.

[–] Feathercrown -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But he uses the monetization to reinvest into future charity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes. He must be the first ever ethical multi-millionaire to make their money by giving it away. He keeps trying, but he just can't help being a millionaire, near billionaire. It's a curse!

[–] Feathercrown -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

And as he gets richer, he increases the amount of money he puts into his charity videos. Him having more money is pretty directly a good thing for those he helps. It's also a good thing for him, but that's not wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ok, bud.

[–] Feathercrown 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Hmm, I don't have a good response to this. Let's imply I simply have more intrinsic wisdom by assuming a false position of authority! That'll show him!" - You

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're the one defending a millionaire. What more do I need to say?

[–] Feathercrown 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't know, something intelligent preferably. Make an actual point, don't just jump to insulting people when you run out of things to say.

Edit: I should practice what I preach. What makes millionaires bad? Their exploitation of other people to get to their position of wealth? Or just the act of having money? Surely it's the former, which makes being a millionaire itself not an immoral act; it would depend on your method of gaining money?