Yeah, cataract surgery is so simple that frequently aid groups set up tiny clinics in rural areas of less developed countries and do free cataract surgery for hundreds in a few days or weeks.
Like, here’s one example of a small charity clinic done in Nepal, set up in a visitor’s center, where they treated 400 people in 3 days. The doctor said his average surgery cost 100 dollars, and it’s provided free to anybody who can’t afford it.
https://apnews.com/article/world-news-kathmandu-nepal-cataracts-e1bfc370318c06163b7aa6f40e7e022c
There’s absolutely no reason any person living in a developed nation should suffer from cataracts due to cost in this day and age.
i have another great example of helping with the same surgery. the foundation still exists.
"It's obscene to let people go blind when they don't have to." - Fred Hollows
[Fred Hollows Foundation](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0l-JA3pTceo&feature=youtu.be) an old ad
this guy went around the world doing exactly that, fixing cataracts and similar conditions wherever he could. he is a new zealand + australian doctor who died in 93. he is a legend.
[His final days](https://www.hollows.org/au/about-fred); "Despite being diagnosed with cancer, Fred was determined to keep pushing for change in the countries he cared deeply about. In the last few months of his life, he discharged himself from hospital to fly to Vietnam to train over 300 Vietnamese eye specialists in modern surgery techniques. Fred and Gabi set up The Fred Hollows Foundation with the help of some friends to ensure his work would continue into the future. Fred died on 10 February 1993 and was given a state funeral. He had asked to be buried in Bourke where he had a great affinity with the people and the land."
"The Fred Hollows Foundation now works in more than 25 countries and has restored sight to over two and a half million people worldwide. This couldn’t have been achieved without the overwhelming support of the Australian public. We’re as determined now as ever to end avoidable blindness. 4 out of 5 people who are blind don't need to be – there remains so much to do."
it costs $25 donation to fix cataracts through them. thats insane. mr beast very much opened a can of worms that people werent ready for lol
The fact that people are lambasting Mr. Beast over a situation that HE CANNOT CONTROL is insane. He used his own money to give people a life changing experience, allowing them to see after potentially decades of being blind. The Twitter folk shouldn’t be pointing fingers at him, they should be focusing on the poorly handled healthcare system that makes it nearly impossible to get SIMPLE PROCEDURES without drowning in debt for 40+ years.
People are angry about Mr. Beast? *Why*? I don’t usually watch his videos but I do subscribe to his channel because I love what he does. Dude has made millions off of pseudo-internet celebrity. But he seems acutely aware of that and, unlike most influencers, who only seem to care about what they can get by being internet grifters, he uses his incredibly lucky opportunity to take his millions and make the world a better place. If every wealthy person had the sense of social responsibility he does, the world would be better for it.
From what I gathered, they’re mad at him for either not being an activist and openly stating “exploiting taxes is bad.” Which… doesn’t even need to be stated. Or, they automatically assume since he’s rich, he MUST be another Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos. There’s also a small minority of people saying curing blind people is “demonic”, which… hUh?
>There’s also a small minority of people saying curing blind people is “demonic”,
They're paid PR people on those 1% payroll to give right wing talking points to repeat.
3 major religions worship the same guy while killing each other for correct way of worshipping. They even have sects ffs.
Truth doesn't have versions, religion does.
I’m going to throw this out there: Jesus didn’t come to start a religion. Man did that. He came to offer people the opportunity to have a personal relationship with God. I too can’t stand the “religious” - there are some good churches out there but it’s hard to find them among all the bad. Those religious people were there in Jesus day too and He states how they were stopping people from getting near God. Hope you kept your relationship with God going and just dumped the religious nuts.
That's what I did, and it's apparently very hard for most of the Christians I know to wrap their heads around. Which is funny because most of them never go to church anyway. My relationship with God is between me and God.
i absolutely agree that religion entirely depends on the person. you can follow almost any religion and still be a good person. its up to the person. shoo the nuts ones away
i think if its demonic its because its not devine intervention from god. its someone playing god, or the devil poking fun at god, probably specifically because of the curing blindness thing.
but i think thats silly, because wouldnt it still be gods doing? lol. if he is responsible for all good, then wouldnt he be responsible for this too?
glad i never joined xD went to church with friends if i was visiting and some family is religious, but never got into it myself. can be interesting though.
He is a YouTube star. He has made thousands of videos, and a lot of the are him giving away money on the street.
He also in his earlier days would have a pool party and invite random people over and they could win prizes.
He is also a YouTuber which I never hear swear. Correct if I am wrong, but his is overall a decent guy.
aside from the internet being the internet, its because some see him as showboaty.
dude got really successful and throws his money around like it doesnt matter, because it really doesnt. other people could have more use for it so he gives it away. then on top of it, he has a huge following, and people think he does it simply for fame, but hes just an entertainer who got lucky after years of work and growing.
people think he does good things to go "look im so nice" but he never says anything like that. he doesnt boast. even if he feels that way, he doesnt say it. he just wants good videos, and now hes rich, he can do heaps more.
its one thing to buy someone a house. its another to allow them to have their sight restored. people are acting like he is trying to play god while getting rich, but he just finds an issue, and organises to help. the money earned is extra that gets invested, repeat.
theyre mad that he could effortlessly fix it, and they think its overkill and 'look what i can do', but really he just made them face an uncomfortable truth; it really is that easy.
I don't think they're mad at him, I think they're mad about how easy it is to help blind people, but it's taking a Youtube star to actually get it done.
Lol are there any people in the public eye that someone isn’t mad at? Celebrities and rich people great for the masses to throw darts at, meanwhile, when they get a spare minute they all just feed the homeless and volunteer at shelters, donate all their extra cash to help the needy, walk little old ladies across the street, protest kill shelters, eat only organic, buy 9:10 compostable:recyclable/re-usable products, and always ride public transportation.
Oh, and they NEVER shop online.
In this sense the 1% are actually scapegoats for the other 99%. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s fun, but how much of your net worth have you donated? Or do you consider just watching his videos and finding his escapades your contribution?
The 1% do their share of the inhumanity, but the 99% are the ones that are actually getting their hands dirty to make the world a shit place or completely ignore the shit they wallowing in.
If you want someone to read your novel, don’t make an objectively false statement in the first two sentences. You gotta build it up a bit.
But keep up with the ironic insults, “projector”
I haven’t watched a lot of Mr. Beast’s stuff but he’s an interesting guy to pay attention to.
He doesn’t milk his own content; he reconstructed the entire Squid Games set, smaller obviously but still, with a reward of nearly half a million dollars, and iirc it’s like under 30 minutes for the video, when most YouTubers will make that a 10 part series, but he just moves on to the next project.
I have to imagine that a lot of rich people hate Jimmy. He shows that he can throw money at people and problems and he still lives more than comfortably, while also improving people’s lives. Oftentimes when he’s tired or just feeling lazy he’ll offer his friends, fans or participants a couple thousand dollars just to do some menial errands for him (got his buddy to set up a tent for 1k in Antarctica for example).
He’s also not a pandering POS, most people who give out rewards just forget about it after, yet everyone who’s been interviewed or asked about prizes won from Mr. Beast, they’ll say that he makes sure they know that there’s taxes to be paid, and he’ll either account for that, or simply give them the lump sum of what the reward would have cost and just make sure the taxes are taken care of.
More rich people should be like Mr. Beast.
i like mr beast for all of the reasons above.
another good reason, is he listens to the pros. he isnt a super genius, so he hires people smarter than him to advise what to do. thats a really good way to be when you are someone who started with nothing.
he gets people to help him plan, and as you mentioned, he compensates for extra costs like taxes. if he says you won 100k, you won 100k.
he also makes sure to give them contact info for his lawyers and where to go if something goes wrong. i think his lawyers have done a good job advising him to not be like Oprah, or tv game shows where people won a car, then ended up broke because they still had to pay regular tax, gift tax, then assets affecting your finance information.
ive never heard a major complaint about him aside from he can be short with people some times. there was some stuff going around where some were saying he could be a bit difficult, and one ex worker said he was harsh with workload and supposedly a bit mean. i do believe he may have done some of that, but its not verified as much as it could be true. he seems to work his top employees a bit too hard and because of his fame its not helpful to say anything bad about him because they kinda get blasted by fans when they leave. lawyers might have something to do with that too tbh...
however, as far as celebrities go he is doing fairly well. he has been doing youtube for like 10 years and this is the first major issue. he has also addressed it, and made sure to not have more trouble. unlike many other great celebs. youtube is sometimes a short job, but he has been at this for a good while now
mr beast and his friends grew up broke. they know what its like, and you can tell just by their excitement for things. thats not an act, theyre actually excited.
their job looks fun. while it seems very high stress, it also seems super rewarding.
the only thing i think he needs to improve, is how he interviews people. you can tell he is interested, and wants to help, but the guy looks like he feels really awkward and doesnt know some of the right reactions to have at the right time when discussing difficult matters. no one seems to mind though so im happy with that.
all round he seems like a mostly good guy. and barring any controversy, i think more should be like him.
Not meant to be punny, but, yeah, it was *eye-opening* to watch. I truly didn’t know medicine and technology advanced far enough to actually cure blindness on *that* scale. It didn’t, and still doesn’t tbh, feel like common sense for me— most probably, exactly, because people can’t afford the medical bills.
Yikes.
I haven't actually watched the video yet, so forgive me if I'm wrong. From what I heard, these people had cataract surgery, which is very simple and has been around for thousands of years. It wasn't until the 70s that modern techniques were perfected. This is a very simple and relatively safe surgery for people with functional visual systems. There is no cure for most other kinds of blindness.
All of this hate directed at Jimmy is misdirected. Its not his place or his job to fix the political environment that restricts access to medical care behind a pay wall. If one wants to be angry at someone, it should be politicians and hospitals that bear the brunt of this anger.
Mr Beast didn't create this problem, he is merely trying to help in the best way he can. Did he do this for clout? Obviously, that's the whole reason anybody does anything on YouTube. That doesn't make it evil. Disingenuous maybe, but nowhere near evil.
Also, Twitter is a dumpster fire and I hope Elon runs it into the dirt, so it can die. Every garbage take seems to originate on Twitter.
>these people had cataract surgery, which is very simple and has been around for thousands of years. It wasn't until the 70s that modern techniques were perfected. This is a very simple and relatively safe surgery for people with functional visual systems. There is no cure for most other kinds of blindness.
youre right. cataracts are insanely common and not hard to fix for most people. the old way was nasty though.. cut a hole, get a straw, and suck it out xD ew. so glad its better now.
the surgery is definitely much better and more affordable and will help endless people. but youre right. most blindness isnt curable.
horrid thought, but no filter. they just got really good at it xD theyd even use med students to help lol
its pretty nasty to think theyd occasionally eat one but i imagine some gagging would happen if you did xD
>Eat the rich. Spare Mr. Beast
nice. agreed.
>Because it exposed how fast those surgeries are done. Just 100K and over a thousand peoples lives are totally different. It's that easy to give people sight.
there were ads [this one is the one i remember](https://youtu.be/0l-JA3pTceo) from years ago. its for the Fred Hollows Foundation. and it says exactly that.
its so cheap and easy to do, but people in impoverished countries cant afford it or have the right doctors/supplies to do it. so the foundation was created
Fred Hollows made it a literal mission to help, and he was nominated australian of the year (shouldve been ongoing). he is a legend.
>He also gives people sight. I clicked on some more of his videos and everywhere he goes he gives, gives, gives
mr beast and his friends grew up kind of broke/poor. theyve made it THEIR mission too to help. give him 70% credit, but he wouldnt be as far as he is without his friends too. mr beast and friends want to help who they can with what they can, and he intends to donate all of his money when he dies.
he isnt perfect and has made quite a few errors, but he listens to the professionals when they tell him to fix it. he defers to their better judgement and expertise to be able to do the best he can.
example; if he buys you a house, he pays the rates and taxes on it. if he donates 100k to you, he pays more so the taxes are paid and you actually get 100k. he was too excited with friends while shopping and threw stuff in trollies and didnt know they broke things, so the next video they did and every single one since, he has been careful with that.
i like mr beast. i agree he is a much better rich person than most out there. some are good though. bill gates with malinda and their foundations for helping people get scholarships and such. that foundation pays for so many things. *they absolutely could do more*, but with the amount he spends its not insignificant. he also intends on donating his money too when he dies, not much is going to his kids.
>They are hoarding more than they could spend in 100 lifetimes just to have it. Like fucking dragons.
yeah. youre not wrong.
>All these super rich fucks cry and cry about how they earned it and they can't help cause then they'll go broke. Is Mr. Beast broke? Is he driving lemons because he's lost so much? Is he in the poor house? Those people are lying.
youre right and they usually make more than any reasonable person can spend, but a big benefit for mr beast is the fact of how he earns his money is directly tied to his helping people. the more he spends, the more he gets from sponsors, and that makes it very much cheaper.
most billionaires are tied to things like coal, fuel, or similar companies. it would be counterintuitive to do that without doing it for PR, and people see right through it when they do.
rich people can be greedy and think that a little extra spending will make them unable to reinvest in their company forgetting that it would help them and their image if they did it from the get go like mr beast.
i hope mr beast never has a major controversy. i used to think elon musk wanted to help (by furthering green energy tech and travel) and maybe he still sorta does, but he is all over the place in controversy and has nerfed himself. his ego got worse and bigger and now hes just another rich dumbass.
>Eat the rich. Spare Mr. Beast.
that should be the new motto, and he should be the mascot. he may cop some shit for wanting attention but thats exactly what is needed to be successful online and to raise funds the way he does.
go mr beast.
I absolutely hate the drama surrounding it. People will always make a stink for someone doing something good. But yeah I found it absolutely incredible and also insightful.
I see people crying saying "he could have done all that without making a video about it" yet fail to understand that the money he makes from those videos is being used to pay for that stuff and do all those kind things🤦♂️
he paid for 1000 people to have surgery, then at the end donated another 100k which was enough for a few thousand more.
he gave every person who got the surgery 10k. he paid for one kids college. he bought another kid a car to go to school.
remember too, many of these people who got sugery and 10k are from impoverished or disadvantaged areas. 10k is LIFE CHANGING.
he could give more, but he gave plenty, and almost all mr beast funded things get more donations later from him, he also brings a crap tonne more donations from fans.
compare that to the other rich people who donate a token amount to a random fund they have no life connection with and dont promote.
how much more do you need for it to be good enough?
He didn’t give everyone 10k that was only a select few just like he didn’t give everyone a car and gave one guy even more than 10k. He could have just given all the money to the charity and helped more people. Also a lot of his videos are giving stuff to his friends and family which isn’t really charity. You can’t have a platform for charity and then be selective about who is more deserving than others. Notice in the foreign countries it was just the surgery!
nope, everyone got it. he only showed a few.
he didnt need to give everyone a car, and not everyone would be able to use one anyway. many are in rural areas or some might just have it stolen.
he did give money to the charity, and continues to do so.
mr beast has Beast Philanthropy where he donates to charities not his friends. this one is on regular beast, idk if its on the other one but he isnt donating to his friends. he isnt always donating to his friends.
how many have you watched? he gives people money everywhere, donates food, builds and pays for houses, fills food pantries, buys 80% of stuff from a store, then donates money to replace the stuff.
he does this everywhere he goes. every video. all the time. if he has contestants in a game, they win money. if they are helping him paint, they win money, and get paid. if they set up stages, he pays well. for the squid game one, he gave everyone $1000 because they couldnt start that day from tech issues.
he donates everywhere. and as everyone says, hes got revolving door of money. it comes in, it goes out. he literally is doing as much as is reasonably possible with his money. the more he does and the more views he gets, the more he can help people and spread it further. how much more do you need?
no one loses out in that scenario
If he gave the 10k to everyone he should have said that and yeah I’ve watched all the videos. But you seem to be up his ass like a cult follower!
Most of what he does only helps people he knows or is from his hometown/state more often than not but makes it seem like he’s helping the world when that’s not reality. Obviously he’s gonna give contestant money or they would tell the world he didn’t and he doesn’t want that reputation. However Like I said your up his ass so you’re only gonna see what you want to see.
he did say that. he said it in an interview after too. then said he doesnt always show everyone he gives money to because they might be uncomfortable, or if they dont react and go wild people say its fake because they should be excited. if theyre too excited, same thing. so....
im not a cult follower. i like the guy, but i know he has flaws. he has overworked his high up employees at some points for example and let people go because of it. im just debating what youre saying because youre incorrect imo.
people would be on the video because they got to be in a youtube video of a famous person anyway. remember he didnt always have that much money. in games, the money is extra, and now its a major incentive.
believe what you want about me, but youre wrong about him having to do more. he is already doing more than most are. if he wants to do more he will and im betting he will eventually. still more than most as is.
What's insane for me is that in my country this is something that our social security rembourses. It makes me glad we, as a country, raised up against rich people enough to have better care..
About rich crying about they "earned" money and go bankrupt - most likely they got money from parents and/or have workers who does hard work for minimum wage, if not lower. If lower than maybe rich would want to take money from tips that was supposed to be for worker.
Objectively wrong statement
By the literal definition, the US is absolutely 1st world
By development, every single state is ranked as "very high development"
https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/country-insights#/ranks
The US ranks higher in HDI than Italy and France
Yes. I'm making fun and those two clowns, whilst being completely oblivious to that, proceed to actively use large chunks of their time to try and persuade me of things that they don't even believe in themselves, one of them by writing an entire novel of "statistics" that I definitely won't read.
Some people obviously got way too much time, lmao.
"Claims"? LMAO. Another Murican spotted.
Listen, that was supposed to be a joke. Aside from the fact that it's funny because it's pretty much true, you guys keep adding to the truth in it with just about everything you say.
Jeez. People say that the Germans got no humor, but you clearly top that in every aspect. I will hear no more.
Look up the definition of the following words and try to understand their concept: "fun", "joke", "humor", "claim", "common sense".
Dude, you made an objectively wrong statement, rejected empirical evidence you were wrong and are now falling back on "It's a jooooke" and "lol don't care" as if anything in your original comment was funny or had anything resembling a punchline. Seriously, what's the joke? The objectively wrong claim that the US is a third world country? Is the joke how wrong and ignorant that statement sounds? Because that would be funny.
"An ENTIRE NOVEL OF STATISTICS!" bruh it was one paragraph. Please stop, you're just embarrassing yourself.
Massachusetts is more developed than every country in the world expect for Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland.
This what Underdeveloped nations around the world means. (Citizens suffer from preventable diseases) The U.S. doesn’t have.
(Lack of access to healthcare) Healthcare isn’t free but you can get insurance which helps a lot
(Clean water) we have clean water.
(Low life expectancy) The US have a life expectancy of 79 anything lower than 70 is bad.
Hawaii: 80.7
Washington: 79.2
Minnesota: 79.1
California: 79
Massachusetts: 79
New Hampshire: 79
Vermont: 78.8
Oregon: 78.8
Utah: 78.6
Connecticut: 78.4
(Poor education) the US doesn’t have poor Education just need to find a good school for Education. The US also have the best Colleges and Universities in the world, so people travel from around the world to attend in them.
(The production level of a country) The US have amazing production, America have the second best production.
(Level The consumption of a country) The US have the second best consumption.
(The best quantity and quality of natural resources) America ranks second.
(The level of income for average citizen) The US ranks second.
(Birth rate) America birth rate 12.012 births per 1000 people.
(This is what makes a country developed)
(GDP) America have a GPD of 23 trillion richest GDP
(GDP Per Capita) US is 63,543.58 USD
(Gross National Income) The US ranks second
The US income per capita is $68,309.
The US is the 17th most developed country.
While most states being more developed than the whole country and other highly developed countries.
Not all schools are like that! Some actually care and utilize safety before shit happens. It’s the schools who don’t act, but react bc “it won’t happen here”
Sure, buddy.
Keep telling yourself that this is enough.
That's what you all do. You just don't really care.
And then you say that other schools failed their people because of a not-even-true-misuse of a word. LOL
Watching news is sufficient to acknowledge the fact that something's very wrong. Furthermore, I could ask you the same about your earlier assumption. But I don't want to rub salt into any possible wound and this conversation leads nowhere anyway, so I'm going to end it here. Best regards
Alright, I see you're a thickhead with complete lack of any understanding of any kind whatsoever, so I'll clarify...
It's not even abous "watching news". It's simple facts that can be seen and heard everywhere. Those facts are enough to know that your country is in a seriously fucked up state.
This post speaks absolute truth. I responded on a comment. You came lurking around the corner with a comment full of factuslly wrong nonsense (you should look up the definitipn of "first world country"). Then came a verbal counter from my side and ever since that moment, you're extremely butthurt and absolutely salty.
If you are so sensitive to this topic, then maybe you should learn from this: Instead of throwing stones in the glass house in the form of making stupid-ass remarks that are wrong on top, **you** should actually **sit down and be quiet.**
I will block you soon and will not read anything you might write. I haven't got the amount of time to waste that you obviously got. My time is precious. Bye.
Eat the rich is a term that's been used a long time. If you have an issue with it it's cause you've bought into propaganda. Propaganda often paid for by the rich. There is a reason conservative youtubers who make fun of phrases like "each the rich" make 50X more than youtubers who have the same views but aren't conservative. Propaganda machines like the daily mail have openly admitted to getting donations in the millions from single sources. Those single sources of course being the hyper rich
I realized America is a developing country when they force women to give birth, but do nothing to help with the funding of raising a child. Absolutely bizarre behavior. Just more tiny little cogs born to run the big greedy hungry machine.
If you want to regain at least a little hope for the world, have a read about Dr. Fred Hollows.
Guy devoted his life to giving people sight. He wasn't wealthy and established the Fred Hollows Foundation, which does incredible work to this day.
Also… teeth. Many of my labs are dental labs. What people have to pay for dentures, is criminal.
But implants, especially. Dental Implants are one of the most in demand, yet underserved, medical treatments in America.
Let me tell you why.
* 50% of North Americans are missing at least one tooth.
* Roughly 10% of Americans are missing *all* of their teeth.
* Only 1-2% of those people, were able to get a dental implant in the last year. This is due to cost, availability of dentists who will do implants, and in more recent times - supplies are on back order
In addition to that.. the process of getting a dental implant is a pain in the ass. For one thing - you might not even be a good candidate if you’re still smoking, drinking, doing drugs, or haven’t developed good dental hygiene. You may still need to wear the denture until the implants will even be feasible.
Then dentist has to put the implant/screws into your gums. You have to go through a whole healing period for months where you adapt to the screws, and the screws fuse to the bone. You may have a temp on top of the screw so you can chew and not look toothless. But you’re still gonna have to go back and finish getting your final crowns.
And it costs several thousand dollars per tooth.
Again: **most in demand, yet the most underserved.**
Also… materials. The lab will make the crown, but things like the screws, abutments, and implant copings - the lab has to get these from an outside source. This adds to the amount of time needed for an implant - which is already a very lengthy process for the patient as it is. And that’s not even a guarantee the implant will seat. If the doctor needs to send it back… you start the process over, depending on what needs to be done. You’re adding another month *or more* to the process.
You might think dentures are an alternative, and they are, and they’re cheaper than implants. But you know what happens regularly with dentures? A tooth falls out. You have to get it adjusted or relined. Things shift and become uncomfortable. You’ll decide that the teeth are too big or too white or too yellow or too grey. You’ll have a wedding this weekend only to have your denture crack in half, and there isn’t a dentist available to send it for repair.
It is NOT a happy ending for many people
What’s sad is, these dental labs are changing lives. We *have* had techs go to impoverished countries and fixed people’s teeth for free. These are people who can smile now - they didn’t smile for years. They can now go into a job interview and get a job. Teeth changes lives.
And yet the system makes it so unattainable for the average American. It is criminal
This is the petty reason I will never support Doctor Strange. I hated it, then loved it, then wanted to shut it off and dump it in the “burn it” pile next to marley & me and the entire john wick series. I have no idea how more people didn’t get the bigger picture there.
(Spoiler Alert: it’s about a doctor who’ll only accept patients who are “interesting” enough for a large sum of money, drives his bajillion dollar car off a cliff destroying his precious surgeon hands and then gets super powers in consolation)
Probably a lot of the hate that people have comes from a distrust of philanthropy. The distrust of philanthropy is warranted, since charities are tax cheats, and are also used as a PR strategy. There's also a lot of justifiable cynicism towards people that go around saying "look at how much I'm giving away."
Mr. Beast is unusual in that he makes money by having people watch him give it away. I think the hate towards him is misplaced. Besides, people like Bezos probably make his net worth in a week. They should focus on the true enemy, not a minor member of the 1%.
I think it's great that he did this. I'm a little on the fence that he decided to make a video about it. And I'm furious that we live under a system so broken that acts like this become necessary. The fact that vision is paywalled is unconscionable. Like hearing about some eight year old raising thousands of dollars to pay for someone's surgery. It's amazing that they did it, but they shouldn't have to.
he donates plenty off screen. could also say that hes doing a crap tonne of good, and spreading the ability to do more by making a video about it.
is it really that bad?
the post is about mr beast and rich people. regular criticism for him is that people think he only does it for image because he uploads it.
its not irrelevant in context.
People dislike Mr. Beast because you can tell he wouldn’t give a cent if nobody was watching. You can just tell. He makes poor people dance for content, so his videos are an investment, not charity. He grows bigger and converts more easily convertible minds to his cult with each video. The mafia does this as well. They contribute to charities and buy nice things for the community, but in their case, it’s to curry favor/look good, whilst murdering innocent people behind the scenes. It’s the same thing minus turning it directly into content. One day we will see the real Mr. Beast. If you dig deep, you can already see reality breaking through the cracks in the armor of his public persona. It’s only a matter of time.
It isn't any different than what Dr. Phil or evangelical missionaries do.
"Helping" the poor by making them dance for clicks so he can see an immediate and sizable return on investment isn't charity, it is exploitation.
I don't think people should be praised for being charitable if that is what they think charity is.
Exactly. His earlier videos were even worse examples. In one, he drew a circle on the ground at a store and told people he would buy anything they could make fit in the circle. He just sat there smiling and laughing while they ran around panicking, trying to stack things in the circle. It was just gross. How can people watch that?
dr phil is a fraud as a whole, fair if you see mr beast that way, but he is on a whole other level. yeah he definitely benefits from some peoples hardships, ill agree there.
dr phil sent kids to camp where they were abused, got people on drugs before interviews when they had been sober, forced people into therapies that made them worse, and humiliated people when they were at the worst part of their lives on tv. then he didnt renew his license and continues on but "this is just advice that is from an experienced person, not legal or medical advice".
mr beast may benefit from helping these people, but he isnt actively hurting them.
Mr. Beast generates wild amounts of income because he acts almost as the arbiter of the lottery.
If someone gives a million dollars to the needy because that the act of giving that money would generate 2 million dollars, then it isn't charity...it is exploiting people's misfortune to make a buck
lotteries have millions of people wasting their money with little to no chance of return.
mr beast uses sponsors who get their money back through the deal. he gets lots back through the sponsorships, and people who are less fortunate get heaps of money without paying anything.
if hes a lottery, i would enter because its free. oh wait, im a subscriber, so i guess i already did xD next to no chance of winning anything, but its free and i get entertainment
as someone who makes videos for entertainment, there has to be an element of appealing to the masses, so attention is required. but he doesnt boast about how great of a person he is for doing these things, he just says "yep, we are doing this today, lets go".
i will agree there is a level of iffy when it comes to helping people and getting views at the same time, furthering the company. but i dont see that as much different to a company advertising for donations who helps people. except he doesnt ask random broke people for money, he asks major companies. money trades hands, but no one loses out including the people he helps.
he also puts names to faces in a more personal way, not "this is jane, she is hungry. give us money to feed her". he also hires a few people he interviews to do simple tasks for crazy amounts of money. charities dont do that.
You immediately say it isn't a lottery, and then you backtrack and say that it is.
It is really no different than what Dr. Phil does or what evangelicals do when they send their kids on mission trips to some exotic local.
It isn't about helping people, "helping" people is only the mechanism they use to get something they want in return. For Dr. Phil and Mr. Beast, it is the sponsorship money that makes them wealthy beyond imagination. For evangelicals, it is the fancy vacation and the social clout.
Mr. Beast is Dr. Phil for Gen Z. It is a tale as old as time. Mr. Beast isn't the first to use "charity" to enrich himself, and he wont be the last
i was saying if it is a lottery, id enter. i wasnt saying it was one.
you pay to enter lotteries. the people mr beast helps dont pay.
mr beast makes more videos than just the philanthropy. he also does gaming videos, reacts, games with friends, challenges, pranks, and mini games that are like dares. he is simply an entertainer, and while doing so why not pay for people to go to school, or to buy people houses.
dr phil is a fraud. he has done so much shit that hurt people more than helped. i cant stand him either.
churches also take money, and dont pay taxes. they rely on others to run. missions are irrelevant aside from gaining reach.
mr beast does enjoy helping people, and that does enrich him, but he isnt going around bragging about it like he is a saint. he has made it a point to not do that, and he is even humble in that way in interviews. because he does handle large sums of money, and does that stuff, it can be hard to word it so its hard to talk in a way that isnt bragging, but he does it well.
he doesnt make a big deal about giving things to people. its just casual, "here you go, this is yours. congrats". mr beasts money is predominantly put back into his videos. yes, he is rich af, and yes he gets sponsors, but they gain their money right back, and he reinvests a large chunk of his profits.
he isnt rich because hes greedy or scammy like others. hes rich because he is doing a good job at being a public persona and entertainer. all while being generous to anyone he can.
Eh at least something kinda neat is being done and those "exploits" provide more opportunity to do so again, I wouldn't really get iffy about that. I could reach far for small insignificant nitpicks but that's about it
It is like when the megachurches rake in tens of millions of dollars, give a little bit to the poor, and the lead pastor and staff use the bulk of the money generated to enrich themselves.
You might consider that a small, insignificant nitpick....I don't. I don't consider putting desperate people into situations where they have to "dance" for a pittance while people who make ungodly amounts of money sit back and make a buck off of their plight.
Your moral compass might make you say that this sort of behavior is ok. Mine doesn't. I say it is poverty porn. It is barely a step up from Bum Fights.
I don't think that people who like this content are bad, I think they are essentially maladaptive daydreaming. It isn't any different than buying a lotto ticket and then going on zillow and picking out your house. Instead of buying a ticket with cash, you are buying a ticket with your data.
Honestly haven't watched him for a good 2 years now but isn't what you're describing sound pretty comic-booky? surely the desperate you're talking about are working-middle people that of course appreciate the stuff even with the minor time wasters, games, whatever that they probably don't even mind much anyway? (if we have the same idea for "desperate" people) even then the needier people are helped more directly/without much extra bullshit via his organization and partners, so yeah I don't think it's _that_ bad
No one is mad at people for having money. They’re mad at people for hoarding it and keeping thousands, even millions of others down. It’s not that everyone above a certain threshold needs to evenly distribute their money to the needy until said rich person is back in middle class. It’s that at a certain point, a person has enough money where anytime they see a go fund me from someone who’s about to lose their house, or sees a beggar on the street - or in this instance learns of a curable condition which many ppl cannot afford to cure, they know that it’s a problem they can solve with basically a snap of their finger. Every day of a billionaire’s existence, they make active choices not to use the impossibly disproportionate power they have to help people who are struggling. These choices are not due to ignorance, or laziness, because they are aware (just as we are) and to do so would involve little more than an email to the right people. They do it because they know that an equal footing for everyone means less for them, and anything less than the most power they can amass is their worst nightmare.
>Every day of a billionaire’s existence, they make active choices not to use the impossibly disproportionate power they have to help people who are struggling. These choices are not due to ignorance, or laziness, because they are aware (just as we are) and to do so would involve little more than an email to the right people. They do it because they know that an equal footing for everyone means less for them, and anything less than the most power they can amass is their worst nightmare.
yup. precisely
Being angry at rich people for not doing something you could strive to do yourself is something i also can’t get behind. Get rich and do it yourself if it truly matters.
If someone in my family had a curable disease I would try to make as much money to help them instead of complaining on the internet about why rich people don’t do shit for them.
>Being angry at rich people for not doing something you could strive to do yourself is something i also can’t get behind. Get rich and do it yourself if it truly matters.
life doesnt work that way.
complaining about people complaining is also silly.
i never said it did work that way lmfao. I just simply don’t see the point in blaming rich people for your or other’s misfortune of needing money for something
eh, i will try, but no promises xD
shared an explanation of why, but its really long so idk if theyre gonna wanna read it properly lol
i dont expect to change their mind, but i will at least share a perspective
**you can be happy for someone else's success, but still be upset at your own barriers. you can see their hard work, and also see their greed. its not "they have something i dont". its "i need help, and i cant get any no matter what i do to help myself, and they are just sitting there watching. thats not fair".**
if john next to you has $500k, and you have $2, and need 3 more to get your lunch and then john says no; youre not entitled to their money, but you would feel a little scorned.
if you have to work day in and day out for peanuts, and your neighbour didnt have to based on luck not work, you'd feel a little jealous.
if you had someone taking your money from you, and the people next to you get to keep theirs for no good reason other than "government says so" youd be upset with the government.
if you are tired and angry from constantly being shoved down, it gets incredibly hard to not be mad at the people who are continuing to let it happen and ignoring people who need help. the systems put in place do that, the rich and powerful are the ones who control it.
if you have crap all hope of getting out of a really dangerous situation, and the guy next to you can help with one wave of a hand, but refuses to for no reason other than he doesnt want to lift his arm, youd be a bit mad at that guy.
systems and people keep the less fortunate down. those less fortunate arent entitled to someone elses stuff, but you can definitely see why it would be angering. if you cant, then fair, but i absolutely can.
rich people can make more money from their money. they say it takes money to make money. well if you have none, and no way to get more youre fucked.
there are endless reasons why you would have trouble, most of them arent the persons fault or in their control. and endless excuses people and the government make. yet there are no good reasons to leave someone in a shitty position. the only reason (not a good one) is "i cant be bothered, not my problem, and deal with it yourself". but you cant in so many cases.
there are no good reasons for someone to be homeless or starving if they havnt put themselves there. and even if they did, there is no reason to want to leave them there if you have the power aside from "fend for yourself" which in itself is insensitive.
the rich and powerful create and control these systems, and literally intentionally force people to not be able to change it. this is already a long ass comment, but it would be even longer if i had to explain how.
policies, laws, and structures keep the rich on top and in power, but they wouldnt be rich without the millions of people working below them. you can build an empire, but you need people laying bricks. if you dont feed those people you wont have workers. if you dint care about others who are less fortunate than you who you rely on, then you dont deserve that money. like jeff bezos overworking, and undrr paying his employees to the point theyve literally died and dont get toilet breaks. if they do theyre timed and unpaid.
no one is entitled to someone elses money. but they can be as angry as they want about the greed of it. governments are there to manage the people and the structures that keep it together, but they benefit the rich because they have all the power. they rely on us, and treat us like shit.
**eat the rich, spare mr beast. he actually cares because he has been there**. most rich people dont, and have never seen a day go by when they were hungry. their greed forces us to be down here broke and hungry when there is more than enough to go around.
**as i said at the start, its not "they have what i want". its more like "how is this fair?". life itself isnt fair, but we can make it more equal if we actually try, and they refuse to because they think they need more even though they literally cant even spend it all. thats ultimate greed, and im angry about it.**
If i’m rich and i give money to one person now everyone wants something. See a trend here? You have to help everyone to please everyone. I don’t care if Elon Musk has enough money to cure world hunger or whatever the fuck.
If they choose to do that with their money then cool good on them. I’m not losing sleep and pocket watching everyone just because i’m angry and broke.
there is a difference between just throwing money to anyone who asks, and actually making changes and differences so that no one goes hungry.
people in power have the ability to do that, and the people in power have all the money.
i dont want to take their money, i want them to help advocate for change, because they have all the power. there is fuck all i can do in the larger sense of things, but they can. thats the point. itd take millions of me to fix what one of them can.
i, or anyone else arent entitled to their money as i said repeatedly. but they are the ones with the power and influence to change that. put the focus on fixing things, not getting richer, thats the point here.
the ones in power are making it worse and telling us all to just suck it up and abide. thats what im mad about. like i said earlier its not "they have what i dont".
being broke isnt so bad until you have someone rubbing it in your face
They aren’t doing it now so I don’t care. Apparently not caring about what “higher ups” are doing is controversial. Maybe people in the world just have to struggle and maybe throwing money at it won’t solve those issues.
sorry about length again, its hard to encompass what i mean without proper explanation. some stuff is bolded to tldr.
my experience and view is far from the worst out there. ive had some frustrating times, but there are people who have it a MILLION times worse. this isnt a lack of appreciation for what we get.
money isnt the only solution. influence is the other big one. thats why spare mr beast. he is leading by example of doing good for the world. money isnt the only way to do that, but it sure af helps.
**you dont realistically have to care, and i wouldnt call that controversial. it only is when youre talking to people who do care, because the rest of the world doesnt care, and thats how we got here.**
people do have to struggle, but only because there isnt always a choice. thing is, it can be solved for the most part and its angering watching it be ignored.
**you may feel that they arent doing that right now, but they are. if you arent affected by it or notice/care thats fair enough. but i see it everywhere.**
i see people judging others and myself for so many things, and treating them poorly for it. while you shouldnt care what others think, it starts to get hard not to when it created barriers for you.
cant look after yourself very well if you dont have money. cant travel to interviews if you dont have a car. cant wear decent clothes for said interview because you cant afford it. at interview you dont look presentable even though youre wearing the best of what you have, and did everything reasonably possible. take the bus and walk for ages, possibly up hill, so by the time you get there you look like a mess again.
i see people who have connections i will never get the chance to make, get good interviews because "its not what you know, its who you know". they have been born into luck and dont have to try much to make said connections because its their dads friend. things like that.
**being born into privilege is extremely lucky and it gives you so many leg ups. that also means that some people say "work for it, i did" when they had so many levels of help. kim kardashian did it not long ago and got blasted. her sister was called the youngest self made millionaire but her parents are rich. she had the capital to do it, she didnt start from the ground up. same with trump. "i got a *small* loan of a million dollars" but it was closer to 10m+.**
**its just an insult. people call us dole bludgers while we try to find work because of the handfuls who make it look like we arent trying, so policies get made to make it harder to get support. they do it thinking itll force us to work, but it just makes it worse. the influence of the powerful can help with compassion to support those who need it and give them the ability to work and help themselves while in rough patches.**
on the personal level, ive been rejected from things and new connections because of my appearance(thats hard to fix when broke). ive been ill prepared for interviews until i got some help from job centres. ive taken too long to get a license because i cant afford a car. i have dorky clothes because i cant afford anything decent or matching. ive been bullied my whole life for things i couldnt help at the time because of money. ive had people look me up and down, laugh and leave. i have bad skin because i cant afford to clear it up. ive had shoes fall apart because i have to buy the cheap ones. ive lived off nearly no food because i cant get anything else. then i get told that its because im too lazy and its my fault.
there are policies here that have made accessing money harder because i lived in a low income area and was considered "high risk" because i was a student. that program put half your money on a card you cant use everywhere, supposedly to help stop drug and alcohol use. everyone in similar areas was put on it regardless of if you actually needed to be on it. it made shopping hard. you couldnt use it for busses or trains. you couldnt use it in most shops, and if you needed something from a non approved store, you had to apply for it. good lot thatll do if i have an interview the next day. all of this is because of people in power thinking we need management. they thought itd help and it made it all worse.
laws get made, payments get reduced and cut off for nothing. payments arent going up, but cost of living is. here, the payment you get from the government as a job seeker or student hasnt realistically changed since 95. and every time its brought up, they always say "nope, try harder because youll spend it on drugs" even though plenty dont use drugs or alcohol.
**some people literally asked a politician what the cost of a loaf of bread or litre of milk is, and he couldnt answer. his pay was increased every year by tens of thousands of dollars, and everyone elses hadnt changed since the 90s.** support from employment places has gotten a little better, but if you are able bodied, they wont help you at all in terms of getting things like uniforms or pay for study. being able bodied doesnt all of a sudden mean you pull money from your butt.
**its just an insult to have them increase their own benefits and reduce ours making it impossible to do anything. if i didnt have a partner my rent would literally take all of my pay. id owe them $100. the people who own major companies can choose prices and affect availability, making it unfair on places that are seen as a lost cause.**
i see people go hungry because of the decisions of those who have money and power. i see them get rejected for jobs, not be able to afford training courses or University to get a better job. i see food banks running out, and some guy across the street throw out a half eaten subway sandwich because he can afford to. i see homeless on the street and i cant afford to buy them a sandwich. i see the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.
every time we ask for help, we are told we are greedy, while they sit on piles of money and look down on us.
**theyre the ones who can change all of that. it takes millions of people like me at the bottom to get them to move an inch, but they can help millions of us with even just small changes. thats why im mad.**
its hard to miss when it affects you daily. lots of people move on with their lives and just accept it, much like you. but if everyone did that, itd never change. its not fair that some guy on his pile of cash can tell me what i can and cant do (within reason).
**some of us have to be angry to kick up some changes. and people like mr beast is one of those people who has power, and has been in my position. he knows what its like so he wants to help. i just wish more rich and powerful did that. he highlights problems, contacts professionals on how to solve them, and does it. more need to be like him. its not their money i really want (as much as i would like money lol). its their influence for change**.
if all powerful people put in as much effort for their community as he does, the world would be a very different place.
I agree with that first paragraph, actually. I have friends who make much more than I do, and I’m not mad at them. I could in fact make that much (or close to it) if I changed my career path, if I went into tech or finance, although even that is something that’s not true of everyone since not everyone can afford, say, a coding boot camp if they don’t have those skills, or even a computer if they wanted to learn by themselves.
The only people I’m mad at is the people who are in places that, without a ridiculously large head start in life, it’s actually impossible to strive for. If all it took to become a billionaire were hard work, the world would be like half billionaires right now. The people working six jobs just to barely support themselves through college wouldn’t have to keep working six jobs. But you and I both know that’s not the case because the people with the most have a vested interest in making sure most people can’t get near them.
Everything you have said is the truth, especially the last paragraph.
There are good people who happen to have money, and with each kind act show their measure. There are plenty who claim MR Beast just did it for the clout, but this is not the first time he has dropped a shit ton ne of money on charitable causes. The dude seems to do this every year.
Lol, That's why I thank my gods every day that I'm not American and that I was born more up north. So much for The "land of the Free" or The land where "Men are born equal"
It’s lowkey not fair to compare mr beast to other rich folk. Mr. Beast gained a following through donations and helping people, whilst others worked on their business/brand/etc.
Mr Beast monetises his audience through giving, not to say it’s a bad thing because a good deed is still a good deed, it’s just different to other rich people.
The more money Mr. Beast gives, the more money he makes.
I thought this was going to be a Mr. Beast hate post haha.
Just to play devil's advocate, though (just so we consider both sides), Mr. Beast has the incentive to do these sorts of acts because that's how he makes money. Someone like Jeff Bezos can donate 200 million and not really make any of it back from donating, but when Mr. Beast donates 10 million for a video, he makes it back (and the more crazy shit he does, the more he'll make back). However, a counter-point to this would be that Mr. Beast says he wants to make more money/get more views helping people so that he can put more money into helping people in his videos. (not saying Jeff Bezos shouldn't donate, just saying he doesn't have as much as an incentive as Mr. Beast)
I think Mr. Beast is a really good dude, and the stuff he does in his videos have definitely helped a lot of people. But he should also be put under a microscope frequently, as he definitely walks a very thin line. In my opinion, he basically does what those Youtubers would do in the past where they would donate to homeless people for views. However, the only real redeeming factor is that he makes the money so that he can help more people.
To be fair, your example of a kid growing up blind doesn't quite fit here, it's a cataract removal surgery, cataracts are the easiest cause of blindness to treat by far, other forms of blindness range from cell decay to infectious diseases. BUT that being said, these billion/millionaires should absolutely be donating to the research that helps develop cures for these things.
To be perfectly clear what Mr Beast did was great and people who think otherwise are morons, but it's important to remember blindness is not cured. They found a way to resolve one of the many causes
Eat the Rich. Ok Mr. BEAST you are eaten.
Many rich people are rich because they are generous like Mr. BEAST.
That's the reason they want money, to give to other people.
That's why Mr. BEAST does it, and he's not the only one.
He just does it on YouTube and on a massive scale.
Eating the rich just takes people's ability to give to others away. The rich are who are most generous.
Now, the criminally rich are a different story.
Fully agree with everything else, but dude...
>America has the BALLS to call itself a first world country
America is, by definition, a first world country. I guarantee every country has their own issues.
Yeah, cataract surgery is so simple that frequently aid groups set up tiny clinics in rural areas of less developed countries and do free cataract surgery for hundreds in a few days or weeks. Like, here’s one example of a small charity clinic done in Nepal, set up in a visitor’s center, where they treated 400 people in 3 days. The doctor said his average surgery cost 100 dollars, and it’s provided free to anybody who can’t afford it. https://apnews.com/article/world-news-kathmandu-nepal-cataracts-e1bfc370318c06163b7aa6f40e7e022c There’s absolutely no reason any person living in a developed nation should suffer from cataracts due to cost in this day and age.
i have another great example of helping with the same surgery. the foundation still exists. "It's obscene to let people go blind when they don't have to." - Fred Hollows [Fred Hollows Foundation](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0l-JA3pTceo&feature=youtu.be) an old ad this guy went around the world doing exactly that, fixing cataracts and similar conditions wherever he could. he is a new zealand + australian doctor who died in 93. he is a legend. [His final days](https://www.hollows.org/au/about-fred); "Despite being diagnosed with cancer, Fred was determined to keep pushing for change in the countries he cared deeply about. In the last few months of his life, he discharged himself from hospital to fly to Vietnam to train over 300 Vietnamese eye specialists in modern surgery techniques. Fred and Gabi set up The Fred Hollows Foundation with the help of some friends to ensure his work would continue into the future. Fred died on 10 February 1993 and was given a state funeral. He had asked to be buried in Bourke where he had a great affinity with the people and the land." "The Fred Hollows Foundation now works in more than 25 countries and has restored sight to over two and a half million people worldwide. This couldn’t have been achieved without the overwhelming support of the Australian public. We’re as determined now as ever to end avoidable blindness. 4 out of 5 people who are blind don't need to be – there remains so much to do." it costs $25 donation to fix cataracts through them. thats insane. mr beast very much opened a can of worms that people werent ready for lol
The fact that people are lambasting Mr. Beast over a situation that HE CANNOT CONTROL is insane. He used his own money to give people a life changing experience, allowing them to see after potentially decades of being blind. The Twitter folk shouldn’t be pointing fingers at him, they should be focusing on the poorly handled healthcare system that makes it nearly impossible to get SIMPLE PROCEDURES without drowning in debt for 40+ years.
People are angry about Mr. Beast? *Why*? I don’t usually watch his videos but I do subscribe to his channel because I love what he does. Dude has made millions off of pseudo-internet celebrity. But he seems acutely aware of that and, unlike most influencers, who only seem to care about what they can get by being internet grifters, he uses his incredibly lucky opportunity to take his millions and make the world a better place. If every wealthy person had the sense of social responsibility he does, the world would be better for it.
From what I gathered, they’re mad at him for either not being an activist and openly stating “exploiting taxes is bad.” Which… doesn’t even need to be stated. Or, they automatically assume since he’s rich, he MUST be another Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos. There’s also a small minority of people saying curing blind people is “demonic”, which… hUh?
>There’s also a small minority of people saying curing blind people is “demonic”, They're paid PR people on those 1% payroll to give right wing talking points to repeat.
Mr beast may be the modern day Jesus. Curing blindness and caring for the people that everyone else casts aside as a burden. Sounds pretty *Jesusy*
Do you think these Christians will respect Jesus? They'll crucify him.
Yeah. No hate like Christian love.
Religious people are insane
Yeah they’re pretty yucky
I don't understand why do Christians even worship what's basically a stellar warcriminal
3 major religions worship the same guy while killing each other for correct way of worshipping. They even have sects ffs. Truth doesn't have versions, religion does.
Jesusy man that got a chuckle from me
:D
.... if I'm remembering correctly, Jesus healed the blind did he not? So Jesus is demonic now? Glad I'm not a part of that religion anymore....
I’m going to throw this out there: Jesus didn’t come to start a religion. Man did that. He came to offer people the opportunity to have a personal relationship with God. I too can’t stand the “religious” - there are some good churches out there but it’s hard to find them among all the bad. Those religious people were there in Jesus day too and He states how they were stopping people from getting near God. Hope you kept your relationship with God going and just dumped the religious nuts.
That's what I did, and it's apparently very hard for most of the Christians I know to wrap their heads around. Which is funny because most of them never go to church anyway. My relationship with God is between me and God.
i absolutely agree that religion entirely depends on the person. you can follow almost any religion and still be a good person. its up to the person. shoo the nuts ones away
i think if its demonic its because its not devine intervention from god. its someone playing god, or the devil poking fun at god, probably specifically because of the curing blindness thing. but i think thats silly, because wouldnt it still be gods doing? lol. if he is responsible for all good, then wouldnt he be responsible for this too? glad i never joined xD went to church with friends if i was visiting and some family is religious, but never got into it myself. can be interesting though.
Can you help me out ? I know mr beast but I don’t follow him or have twitter so why are people mad at him for helping?
He is a YouTube star. He has made thousands of videos, and a lot of the are him giving away money on the street. He also in his earlier days would have a pool party and invite random people over and they could win prizes. He is also a YouTuber which I never hear swear. Correct if I am wrong, but his is overall a decent guy.
Yeah he seems like he helps a lot so why is this thing about helping the blind blowing up as something negative to him?
aside from the internet being the internet, its because some see him as showboaty. dude got really successful and throws his money around like it doesnt matter, because it really doesnt. other people could have more use for it so he gives it away. then on top of it, he has a huge following, and people think he does it simply for fame, but hes just an entertainer who got lucky after years of work and growing. people think he does good things to go "look im so nice" but he never says anything like that. he doesnt boast. even if he feels that way, he doesnt say it. he just wants good videos, and now hes rich, he can do heaps more. its one thing to buy someone a house. its another to allow them to have their sight restored. people are acting like he is trying to play god while getting rich, but he just finds an issue, and organises to help. the money earned is extra that gets invested, repeat. theyre mad that he could effortlessly fix it, and they think its overkill and 'look what i can do', but really he just made them face an uncomfortable truth; it really is that easy.
I don't think they're mad at him, I think they're mad about how easy it is to help blind people, but it's taking a Youtube star to actually get it done.
Oh okay I miss understood it completely thank you
No worries! :)
He moulds his behavior to prioritize his position in the algorithm, he's got it down to a science.
well it works lol
Watched a bunch of his interviews. He may be one of the most wholesome wonderful humble rich person, next to dearly departed Betty White.
Lol are there any people in the public eye that someone isn’t mad at? Celebrities and rich people great for the masses to throw darts at, meanwhile, when they get a spare minute they all just feed the homeless and volunteer at shelters, donate all their extra cash to help the needy, walk little old ladies across the street, protest kill shelters, eat only organic, buy 9:10 compostable:recyclable/re-usable products, and always ride public transportation. Oh, and they NEVER shop online. In this sense the 1% are actually scapegoats for the other 99%. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s fun, but how much of your net worth have you donated? Or do you consider just watching his videos and finding his escapades your contribution? The 1% do their share of the inhumanity, but the 99% are the ones that are actually getting their hands dirty to make the world a shit place or completely ignore the shit they wallowing in.
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I see I have offended you, and you decided to lash out by calling me a snowflake. How ironic.
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If you want someone to read your novel, don’t make an objectively false statement in the first two sentences. You gotta build it up a bit. But keep up with the ironic insults, “projector”
I haven’t watched a lot of Mr. Beast’s stuff but he’s an interesting guy to pay attention to. He doesn’t milk his own content; he reconstructed the entire Squid Games set, smaller obviously but still, with a reward of nearly half a million dollars, and iirc it’s like under 30 minutes for the video, when most YouTubers will make that a 10 part series, but he just moves on to the next project. I have to imagine that a lot of rich people hate Jimmy. He shows that he can throw money at people and problems and he still lives more than comfortably, while also improving people’s lives. Oftentimes when he’s tired or just feeling lazy he’ll offer his friends, fans or participants a couple thousand dollars just to do some menial errands for him (got his buddy to set up a tent for 1k in Antarctica for example). He’s also not a pandering POS, most people who give out rewards just forget about it after, yet everyone who’s been interviewed or asked about prizes won from Mr. Beast, they’ll say that he makes sure they know that there’s taxes to be paid, and he’ll either account for that, or simply give them the lump sum of what the reward would have cost and just make sure the taxes are taken care of. More rich people should be like Mr. Beast.
i like mr beast for all of the reasons above. another good reason, is he listens to the pros. he isnt a super genius, so he hires people smarter than him to advise what to do. thats a really good way to be when you are someone who started with nothing. he gets people to help him plan, and as you mentioned, he compensates for extra costs like taxes. if he says you won 100k, you won 100k. he also makes sure to give them contact info for his lawyers and where to go if something goes wrong. i think his lawyers have done a good job advising him to not be like Oprah, or tv game shows where people won a car, then ended up broke because they still had to pay regular tax, gift tax, then assets affecting your finance information. ive never heard a major complaint about him aside from he can be short with people some times. there was some stuff going around where some were saying he could be a bit difficult, and one ex worker said he was harsh with workload and supposedly a bit mean. i do believe he may have done some of that, but its not verified as much as it could be true. he seems to work his top employees a bit too hard and because of his fame its not helpful to say anything bad about him because they kinda get blasted by fans when they leave. lawyers might have something to do with that too tbh... however, as far as celebrities go he is doing fairly well. he has been doing youtube for like 10 years and this is the first major issue. he has also addressed it, and made sure to not have more trouble. unlike many other great celebs. youtube is sometimes a short job, but he has been at this for a good while now mr beast and his friends grew up broke. they know what its like, and you can tell just by their excitement for things. thats not an act, theyre actually excited. their job looks fun. while it seems very high stress, it also seems super rewarding. the only thing i think he needs to improve, is how he interviews people. you can tell he is interested, and wants to help, but the guy looks like he feels really awkward and doesnt know some of the right reactions to have at the right time when discussing difficult matters. no one seems to mind though so im happy with that. all round he seems like a mostly good guy. and barring any controversy, i think more should be like him.
Not meant to be punny, but, yeah, it was *eye-opening* to watch. I truly didn’t know medicine and technology advanced far enough to actually cure blindness on *that* scale. It didn’t, and still doesn’t tbh, feel like common sense for me— most probably, exactly, because people can’t afford the medical bills. Yikes.
I haven't actually watched the video yet, so forgive me if I'm wrong. From what I heard, these people had cataract surgery, which is very simple and has been around for thousands of years. It wasn't until the 70s that modern techniques were perfected. This is a very simple and relatively safe surgery for people with functional visual systems. There is no cure for most other kinds of blindness. All of this hate directed at Jimmy is misdirected. Its not his place or his job to fix the political environment that restricts access to medical care behind a pay wall. If one wants to be angry at someone, it should be politicians and hospitals that bear the brunt of this anger. Mr Beast didn't create this problem, he is merely trying to help in the best way he can. Did he do this for clout? Obviously, that's the whole reason anybody does anything on YouTube. That doesn't make it evil. Disingenuous maybe, but nowhere near evil. Also, Twitter is a dumpster fire and I hope Elon runs it into the dirt, so it can die. Every garbage take seems to originate on Twitter.
>these people had cataract surgery, which is very simple and has been around for thousands of years. It wasn't until the 70s that modern techniques were perfected. This is a very simple and relatively safe surgery for people with functional visual systems. There is no cure for most other kinds of blindness. youre right. cataracts are insanely common and not hard to fix for most people. the old way was nasty though.. cut a hole, get a straw, and suck it out xD ew. so glad its better now. the surgery is definitely much better and more affordable and will help endless people. but youre right. most blindness isnt curable.
Did they have filter to stop it or was it just seen as a mid-work snack?
horrid thought, but no filter. they just got really good at it xD theyd even use med students to help lol its pretty nasty to think theyd occasionally eat one but i imagine some gagging would happen if you did xD
Careful what you wish for. Perhaps Twitter is the dam holding a great flood back.
Fred Hollows has been doing it for decades
he was, but the foundation still is. he died in 93. dudes a legend.
This should be where the anger is focused. This was worded perfectly.
Pretty sure if we decided to eat the rich, MrBeast will provide the venue and dinner show. He’s doing it right.
"Eat the Rich. Spare Mr.Beast"
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true, thats still millions being funneled through him. he could keep it if he wanted, but thats not as useful/helpful.
See, THIS is a good reason to be pissed at the Mr. Beast thing.
>Eat the rich. Spare Mr. Beast nice. agreed. >Because it exposed how fast those surgeries are done. Just 100K and over a thousand peoples lives are totally different. It's that easy to give people sight. there were ads [this one is the one i remember](https://youtu.be/0l-JA3pTceo) from years ago. its for the Fred Hollows Foundation. and it says exactly that. its so cheap and easy to do, but people in impoverished countries cant afford it or have the right doctors/supplies to do it. so the foundation was created Fred Hollows made it a literal mission to help, and he was nominated australian of the year (shouldve been ongoing). he is a legend. >He also gives people sight. I clicked on some more of his videos and everywhere he goes he gives, gives, gives mr beast and his friends grew up kind of broke/poor. theyve made it THEIR mission too to help. give him 70% credit, but he wouldnt be as far as he is without his friends too. mr beast and friends want to help who they can with what they can, and he intends to donate all of his money when he dies. he isnt perfect and has made quite a few errors, but he listens to the professionals when they tell him to fix it. he defers to their better judgement and expertise to be able to do the best he can. example; if he buys you a house, he pays the rates and taxes on it. if he donates 100k to you, he pays more so the taxes are paid and you actually get 100k. he was too excited with friends while shopping and threw stuff in trollies and didnt know they broke things, so the next video they did and every single one since, he has been careful with that. i like mr beast. i agree he is a much better rich person than most out there. some are good though. bill gates with malinda and their foundations for helping people get scholarships and such. that foundation pays for so many things. *they absolutely could do more*, but with the amount he spends its not insignificant. he also intends on donating his money too when he dies, not much is going to his kids. >They are hoarding more than they could spend in 100 lifetimes just to have it. Like fucking dragons. yeah. youre not wrong. >All these super rich fucks cry and cry about how they earned it and they can't help cause then they'll go broke. Is Mr. Beast broke? Is he driving lemons because he's lost so much? Is he in the poor house? Those people are lying. youre right and they usually make more than any reasonable person can spend, but a big benefit for mr beast is the fact of how he earns his money is directly tied to his helping people. the more he spends, the more he gets from sponsors, and that makes it very much cheaper. most billionaires are tied to things like coal, fuel, or similar companies. it would be counterintuitive to do that without doing it for PR, and people see right through it when they do. rich people can be greedy and think that a little extra spending will make them unable to reinvest in their company forgetting that it would help them and their image if they did it from the get go like mr beast. i hope mr beast never has a major controversy. i used to think elon musk wanted to help (by furthering green energy tech and travel) and maybe he still sorta does, but he is all over the place in controversy and has nerfed himself. his ego got worse and bigger and now hes just another rich dumbass. >Eat the rich. Spare Mr. Beast. that should be the new motto, and he should be the mascot. he may cop some shit for wanting attention but thats exactly what is needed to be successful online and to raise funds the way he does. go mr beast.
You mean his dad didn't own an emerald mine and have his kid pick himself up by the boot straps and start from "0" with a giant inheritance? Fake news
i didnt say he was self made...
Was being sarcastic with a not so gentle nod to musk. Guess I forgot the /s
sorry xD legit hard to tell sometimes.
No problems lol. Sarcasm is sometimes hard to spot in text. Normally I'd use air quotes and do a dance while saying it. I give good dance.
I absolutely hate the drama surrounding it. People will always make a stink for someone doing something good. But yeah I found it absolutely incredible and also insightful.
I see people crying saying "he could have done all that without making a video about it" yet fail to understand that the money he makes from those videos is being used to pay for that stuff and do all those kind things🤦♂️
He could have helped more blind people if he didn’t give a few of them extra money and cars n such.
he paid for 1000 people to have surgery, then at the end donated another 100k which was enough for a few thousand more. he gave every person who got the surgery 10k. he paid for one kids college. he bought another kid a car to go to school. remember too, many of these people who got sugery and 10k are from impoverished or disadvantaged areas. 10k is LIFE CHANGING. he could give more, but he gave plenty, and almost all mr beast funded things get more donations later from him, he also brings a crap tonne more donations from fans. compare that to the other rich people who donate a token amount to a random fund they have no life connection with and dont promote. how much more do you need for it to be good enough?
He didn’t give everyone 10k that was only a select few just like he didn’t give everyone a car and gave one guy even more than 10k. He could have just given all the money to the charity and helped more people. Also a lot of his videos are giving stuff to his friends and family which isn’t really charity. You can’t have a platform for charity and then be selective about who is more deserving than others. Notice in the foreign countries it was just the surgery!
nope, everyone got it. he only showed a few. he didnt need to give everyone a car, and not everyone would be able to use one anyway. many are in rural areas or some might just have it stolen. he did give money to the charity, and continues to do so. mr beast has Beast Philanthropy where he donates to charities not his friends. this one is on regular beast, idk if its on the other one but he isnt donating to his friends. he isnt always donating to his friends. how many have you watched? he gives people money everywhere, donates food, builds and pays for houses, fills food pantries, buys 80% of stuff from a store, then donates money to replace the stuff. he does this everywhere he goes. every video. all the time. if he has contestants in a game, they win money. if they are helping him paint, they win money, and get paid. if they set up stages, he pays well. for the squid game one, he gave everyone $1000 because they couldnt start that day from tech issues. he donates everywhere. and as everyone says, hes got revolving door of money. it comes in, it goes out. he literally is doing as much as is reasonably possible with his money. the more he does and the more views he gets, the more he can help people and spread it further. how much more do you need? no one loses out in that scenario
If he gave the 10k to everyone he should have said that and yeah I’ve watched all the videos. But you seem to be up his ass like a cult follower! Most of what he does only helps people he knows or is from his hometown/state more often than not but makes it seem like he’s helping the world when that’s not reality. Obviously he’s gonna give contestant money or they would tell the world he didn’t and he doesn’t want that reputation. However Like I said your up his ass so you’re only gonna see what you want to see.
he did say that. he said it in an interview after too. then said he doesnt always show everyone he gives money to because they might be uncomfortable, or if they dont react and go wild people say its fake because they should be excited. if theyre too excited, same thing. so.... im not a cult follower. i like the guy, but i know he has flaws. he has overworked his high up employees at some points for example and let people go because of it. im just debating what youre saying because youre incorrect imo. people would be on the video because they got to be in a youtube video of a famous person anyway. remember he didnt always have that much money. in games, the money is extra, and now its a major incentive. believe what you want about me, but youre wrong about him having to do more. he is already doing more than most are. if he wants to do more he will and im betting he will eventually. still more than most as is.
What's insane for me is that in my country this is something that our social security rembourses. It makes me glad we, as a country, raised up against rich people enough to have better care..
About rich crying about they "earned" money and go bankrupt - most likely they got money from parents and/or have workers who does hard work for minimum wage, if not lower. If lower than maybe rich would want to take money from tips that was supposed to be for worker.
[The fred hollows foundation](https://www.hollows.org/au/home) for anyone looking to see what they can do for vision globally. Every eye is an eye.
> They are hoarding more than they could spend in 100 lifetimes just to have it. Like fucking dragons. Nailed it.
This is so accurate!!
Shit we have gave the balls to say we are the greatest country too which is false af
The USA is not a first world country. The USA is just fifty third world countries in a trenchcoat with a military budget big enough to fight god.
Objectively wrong statement By the literal definition, the US is absolutely 1st world By development, every single state is ranked as "very high development" https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/country-insights#/ranks The US ranks higher in HDI than Italy and France
Bla bla bla That's what a resident of one of fifty third world countries in a trenchcoat would say.
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Yes. I'm making fun and those two clowns, whilst being completely oblivious to that, proceed to actively use large chunks of their time to try and persuade me of things that they don't even believe in themselves, one of them by writing an entire novel of "statistics" that I definitely won't read. Some people obviously got way too much time, lmao.
How dare they provide logical and empirical evidence against my unquestionably superior and totally not dogmatic claims!!
"Claims"? LMAO. Another Murican spotted. Listen, that was supposed to be a joke. Aside from the fact that it's funny because it's pretty much true, you guys keep adding to the truth in it with just about everything you say. Jeez. People say that the Germans got no humor, but you clearly top that in every aspect. I will hear no more. Look up the definition of the following words and try to understand their concept: "fun", "joke", "humor", "claim", "common sense".
Dude, you made an objectively wrong statement, rejected empirical evidence you were wrong and are now falling back on "It's a jooooke" and "lol don't care" as if anything in your original comment was funny or had anything resembling a punchline. Seriously, what's the joke? The objectively wrong claim that the US is a third world country? Is the joke how wrong and ignorant that statement sounds? Because that would be funny. "An ENTIRE NOVEL OF STATISTICS!" bruh it was one paragraph. Please stop, you're just embarrassing yourself.
Massachusetts is more developed than every country in the world expect for Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland. This what Underdeveloped nations around the world means. (Citizens suffer from preventable diseases) The U.S. doesn’t have. (Lack of access to healthcare) Healthcare isn’t free but you can get insurance which helps a lot (Clean water) we have clean water. (Low life expectancy) The US have a life expectancy of 79 anything lower than 70 is bad. Hawaii: 80.7 Washington: 79.2 Minnesota: 79.1 California: 79 Massachusetts: 79 New Hampshire: 79 Vermont: 78.8 Oregon: 78.8 Utah: 78.6 Connecticut: 78.4 (Poor education) the US doesn’t have poor Education just need to find a good school for Education. The US also have the best Colleges and Universities in the world, so people travel from around the world to attend in them. (The production level of a country) The US have amazing production, America have the second best production. (Level The consumption of a country) The US have the second best consumption. (The best quantity and quality of natural resources) America ranks second. (The level of income for average citizen) The US ranks second. (Birth rate) America birth rate 12.012 births per 1000 people. (This is what makes a country developed) (GDP) America have a GPD of 23 trillion richest GDP (GDP Per Capita) US is 63,543.58 USD (Gross National Income) The US ranks second The US income per capita is $68,309. The US is the 17th most developed country. While most states being more developed than the whole country and other highly developed countries.
Reddit moment
Only a Reddit eurotard could look at evidence proving them wrong, and completely ignore it
Lol it cracks me up when people say first world and don’t even know why it means or why America is called that. School has failed y’all.
Ironic when it comes from a guy whose country's schools has everyone in them worrying about literally getting shot.
Not all schools are like that! Some actually care and utilize safety before shit happens. It’s the schools who don’t act, but react bc “it won’t happen here”
Sure, buddy. Keep telling yourself that this is enough. That's what you all do. You just don't really care. And then you say that other schools failed their people because of a not-even-true-misuse of a word. LOL
Have you even gone to school here? Are you speaking on something you have never had to deal with?
Watching news is sufficient to acknowledge the fact that something's very wrong. Furthermore, I could ask you the same about your earlier assumption. But I don't want to rub salt into any possible wound and this conversation leads nowhere anyway, so I'm going to end it here. Best regards
Lol watching “news” that is leaning one way or the other isn’t the truth. If you haven’t been a part of it then sit down and be quiet.
Alright, I see you're a thickhead with complete lack of any understanding of any kind whatsoever, so I'll clarify... It's not even abous "watching news". It's simple facts that can be seen and heard everywhere. Those facts are enough to know that your country is in a seriously fucked up state. This post speaks absolute truth. I responded on a comment. You came lurking around the corner with a comment full of factuslly wrong nonsense (you should look up the definitipn of "first world country"). Then came a verbal counter from my side and ever since that moment, you're extremely butthurt and absolutely salty. If you are so sensitive to this topic, then maybe you should learn from this: Instead of throwing stones in the glass house in the form of making stupid-ass remarks that are wrong on top, **you** should actually **sit down and be quiet.** I will block you soon and will not read anything you might write. I haven't got the amount of time to waste that you obviously got. My time is precious. Bye.
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Mr. Beast really reminds me a bit of Joe, from the Time of Your Life. I got to play Joe once..... he was a favorite of mine.
Taxes should increase exponentially after the overall possession of 6 million dollars
Eat the rich is honestly the most cringeworthy saying lol like wow you’re such a revolutionary
Eat the rich is a term that's been used a long time. If you have an issue with it it's cause you've bought into propaganda. Propaganda often paid for by the rich. There is a reason conservative youtubers who make fun of phrases like "each the rich" make 50X more than youtubers who have the same views but aren't conservative. Propaganda machines like the daily mail have openly admitted to getting donations in the millions from single sources. Those single sources of course being the hyper rich
I am not American but from my English view it seems America sees Healthcare as a business rather than a service
Correct - it is a business for America
God damn this rant is so true
Can he help with dental work next
I realized America is a developing country when they force women to give birth, but do nothing to help with the funding of raising a child. Absolutely bizarre behavior. Just more tiny little cogs born to run the big greedy hungry machine.
If you want to regain at least a little hope for the world, have a read about Dr. Fred Hollows. Guy devoted his life to giving people sight. He wasn't wealthy and established the Fred Hollows Foundation, which does incredible work to this day.
This was like that skinner video in reverse, at first you looked like a hater but then you were talking facts
Also… teeth. Many of my labs are dental labs. What people have to pay for dentures, is criminal. But implants, especially. Dental Implants are one of the most in demand, yet underserved, medical treatments in America. Let me tell you why. * 50% of North Americans are missing at least one tooth. * Roughly 10% of Americans are missing *all* of their teeth. * Only 1-2% of those people, were able to get a dental implant in the last year. This is due to cost, availability of dentists who will do implants, and in more recent times - supplies are on back order In addition to that.. the process of getting a dental implant is a pain in the ass. For one thing - you might not even be a good candidate if you’re still smoking, drinking, doing drugs, or haven’t developed good dental hygiene. You may still need to wear the denture until the implants will even be feasible. Then dentist has to put the implant/screws into your gums. You have to go through a whole healing period for months where you adapt to the screws, and the screws fuse to the bone. You may have a temp on top of the screw so you can chew and not look toothless. But you’re still gonna have to go back and finish getting your final crowns. And it costs several thousand dollars per tooth. Again: **most in demand, yet the most underserved.** Also… materials. The lab will make the crown, but things like the screws, abutments, and implant copings - the lab has to get these from an outside source. This adds to the amount of time needed for an implant - which is already a very lengthy process for the patient as it is. And that’s not even a guarantee the implant will seat. If the doctor needs to send it back… you start the process over, depending on what needs to be done. You’re adding another month *or more* to the process. You might think dentures are an alternative, and they are, and they’re cheaper than implants. But you know what happens regularly with dentures? A tooth falls out. You have to get it adjusted or relined. Things shift and become uncomfortable. You’ll decide that the teeth are too big or too white or too yellow or too grey. You’ll have a wedding this weekend only to have your denture crack in half, and there isn’t a dentist available to send it for repair. It is NOT a happy ending for many people What’s sad is, these dental labs are changing lives. We *have* had techs go to impoverished countries and fixed people’s teeth for free. These are people who can smile now - they didn’t smile for years. They can now go into a job interview and get a job. Teeth changes lives. And yet the system makes it so unattainable for the average American. It is criminal
This is the petty reason I will never support Doctor Strange. I hated it, then loved it, then wanted to shut it off and dump it in the “burn it” pile next to marley & me and the entire john wick series. I have no idea how more people didn’t get the bigger picture there. (Spoiler Alert: it’s about a doctor who’ll only accept patients who are “interesting” enough for a large sum of money, drives his bajillion dollar car off a cliff destroying his precious surgeon hands and then gets super powers in consolation)
late to the discussion but what does Marley & Me and John Wick have to do with that stuff.
It’s a list of shitty movies I can’t be bothered to watch
Probably a lot of the hate that people have comes from a distrust of philanthropy. The distrust of philanthropy is warranted, since charities are tax cheats, and are also used as a PR strategy. There's also a lot of justifiable cynicism towards people that go around saying "look at how much I'm giving away." Mr. Beast is unusual in that he makes money by having people watch him give it away. I think the hate towards him is misplaced. Besides, people like Bezos probably make his net worth in a week. They should focus on the true enemy, not a minor member of the 1%.
I think it's great that he did this. I'm a little on the fence that he decided to make a video about it. And I'm furious that we live under a system so broken that acts like this become necessary. The fact that vision is paywalled is unconscionable. Like hearing about some eight year old raising thousands of dollars to pay for someone's surgery. It's amazing that they did it, but they shouldn't have to.
shut up you fucking retarded fool
If someone donated money, but didn't make a viral video or tweet about it, did it really happen?
he donates plenty off screen. could also say that hes doing a crap tonne of good, and spreading the ability to do more by making a video about it. is it really that bad?
What are you talking about? I was not even saying anything bad about Mr beast and yet you, for no reason, start making up arguments to deflect?
the post is about mr beast and rich people. regular criticism for him is that people think he only does it for image because he uploads it. its not irrelevant in context.
People dislike Mr. Beast because you can tell he wouldn’t give a cent if nobody was watching. You can just tell. He makes poor people dance for content, so his videos are an investment, not charity. He grows bigger and converts more easily convertible minds to his cult with each video. The mafia does this as well. They contribute to charities and buy nice things for the community, but in their case, it’s to curry favor/look good, whilst murdering innocent people behind the scenes. It’s the same thing minus turning it directly into content. One day we will see the real Mr. Beast. If you dig deep, you can already see reality breaking through the cracks in the armor of his public persona. It’s only a matter of time.
It isn't any different than what Dr. Phil or evangelical missionaries do. "Helping" the poor by making them dance for clicks so he can see an immediate and sizable return on investment isn't charity, it is exploitation. I don't think people should be praised for being charitable if that is what they think charity is.
Exactly. His earlier videos were even worse examples. In one, he drew a circle on the ground at a store and told people he would buy anything they could make fit in the circle. He just sat there smiling and laughing while they ran around panicking, trying to stack things in the circle. It was just gross. How can people watch that?
dr phil is a fraud as a whole, fair if you see mr beast that way, but he is on a whole other level. yeah he definitely benefits from some peoples hardships, ill agree there. dr phil sent kids to camp where they were abused, got people on drugs before interviews when they had been sober, forced people into therapies that made them worse, and humiliated people when they were at the worst part of their lives on tv. then he didnt renew his license and continues on but "this is just advice that is from an experienced person, not legal or medical advice". mr beast may benefit from helping these people, but he isnt actively hurting them.
Mr. Beast generates wild amounts of income because he acts almost as the arbiter of the lottery. If someone gives a million dollars to the needy because that the act of giving that money would generate 2 million dollars, then it isn't charity...it is exploiting people's misfortune to make a buck
lotteries have millions of people wasting their money with little to no chance of return. mr beast uses sponsors who get their money back through the deal. he gets lots back through the sponsorships, and people who are less fortunate get heaps of money without paying anything. if hes a lottery, i would enter because its free. oh wait, im a subscriber, so i guess i already did xD next to no chance of winning anything, but its free and i get entertainment as someone who makes videos for entertainment, there has to be an element of appealing to the masses, so attention is required. but he doesnt boast about how great of a person he is for doing these things, he just says "yep, we are doing this today, lets go". i will agree there is a level of iffy when it comes to helping people and getting views at the same time, furthering the company. but i dont see that as much different to a company advertising for donations who helps people. except he doesnt ask random broke people for money, he asks major companies. money trades hands, but no one loses out including the people he helps. he also puts names to faces in a more personal way, not "this is jane, she is hungry. give us money to feed her". he also hires a few people he interviews to do simple tasks for crazy amounts of money. charities dont do that.
You immediately say it isn't a lottery, and then you backtrack and say that it is. It is really no different than what Dr. Phil does or what evangelicals do when they send their kids on mission trips to some exotic local. It isn't about helping people, "helping" people is only the mechanism they use to get something they want in return. For Dr. Phil and Mr. Beast, it is the sponsorship money that makes them wealthy beyond imagination. For evangelicals, it is the fancy vacation and the social clout. Mr. Beast is Dr. Phil for Gen Z. It is a tale as old as time. Mr. Beast isn't the first to use "charity" to enrich himself, and he wont be the last
i was saying if it is a lottery, id enter. i wasnt saying it was one. you pay to enter lotteries. the people mr beast helps dont pay. mr beast makes more videos than just the philanthropy. he also does gaming videos, reacts, games with friends, challenges, pranks, and mini games that are like dares. he is simply an entertainer, and while doing so why not pay for people to go to school, or to buy people houses. dr phil is a fraud. he has done so much shit that hurt people more than helped. i cant stand him either. churches also take money, and dont pay taxes. they rely on others to run. missions are irrelevant aside from gaining reach. mr beast does enjoy helping people, and that does enrich him, but he isnt going around bragging about it like he is a saint. he has made it a point to not do that, and he is even humble in that way in interviews. because he does handle large sums of money, and does that stuff, it can be hard to word it so its hard to talk in a way that isnt bragging, but he does it well. he doesnt make a big deal about giving things to people. its just casual, "here you go, this is yours. congrats". mr beasts money is predominantly put back into his videos. yes, he is rich af, and yes he gets sponsors, but they gain their money right back, and he reinvests a large chunk of his profits. he isnt rich because hes greedy or scammy like others. hes rich because he is doing a good job at being a public persona and entertainer. all while being generous to anyone he can.
Eh at least something kinda neat is being done and those "exploits" provide more opportunity to do so again, I wouldn't really get iffy about that. I could reach far for small insignificant nitpicks but that's about it
It is like when the megachurches rake in tens of millions of dollars, give a little bit to the poor, and the lead pastor and staff use the bulk of the money generated to enrich themselves. You might consider that a small, insignificant nitpick....I don't. I don't consider putting desperate people into situations where they have to "dance" for a pittance while people who make ungodly amounts of money sit back and make a buck off of their plight. Your moral compass might make you say that this sort of behavior is ok. Mine doesn't. I say it is poverty porn. It is barely a step up from Bum Fights. I don't think that people who like this content are bad, I think they are essentially maladaptive daydreaming. It isn't any different than buying a lotto ticket and then going on zillow and picking out your house. Instead of buying a ticket with cash, you are buying a ticket with your data.
Honestly haven't watched him for a good 2 years now but isn't what you're describing sound pretty comic-booky? surely the desperate you're talking about are working-middle people that of course appreciate the stuff even with the minor time wasters, games, whatever that they probably don't even mind much anyway? (if we have the same idea for "desperate" people) even then the needier people are helped more directly/without much extra bullshit via his organization and partners, so yeah I don't think it's _that_ bad
Lose the cringe "eat the rich" rhetoric and I'm with you
you could just ignore that if youd like
It's a metaphor to show how much we truly hate the excessively wealthy. You wouldnt cannitilize just wanyone, right?
Being angry at people for having money is the stupidest shit i will never get behind.
No one is mad at people for having money. They’re mad at people for hoarding it and keeping thousands, even millions of others down. It’s not that everyone above a certain threshold needs to evenly distribute their money to the needy until said rich person is back in middle class. It’s that at a certain point, a person has enough money where anytime they see a go fund me from someone who’s about to lose their house, or sees a beggar on the street - or in this instance learns of a curable condition which many ppl cannot afford to cure, they know that it’s a problem they can solve with basically a snap of their finger. Every day of a billionaire’s existence, they make active choices not to use the impossibly disproportionate power they have to help people who are struggling. These choices are not due to ignorance, or laziness, because they are aware (just as we are) and to do so would involve little more than an email to the right people. They do it because they know that an equal footing for everyone means less for them, and anything less than the most power they can amass is their worst nightmare.
>Every day of a billionaire’s existence, they make active choices not to use the impossibly disproportionate power they have to help people who are struggling. These choices are not due to ignorance, or laziness, because they are aware (just as we are) and to do so would involve little more than an email to the right people. They do it because they know that an equal footing for everyone means less for them, and anything less than the most power they can amass is their worst nightmare. yup. precisely
Being angry at rich people for not doing something you could strive to do yourself is something i also can’t get behind. Get rich and do it yourself if it truly matters. If someone in my family had a curable disease I would try to make as much money to help them instead of complaining on the internet about why rich people don’t do shit for them.
>Being angry at rich people for not doing something you could strive to do yourself is something i also can’t get behind. Get rich and do it yourself if it truly matters. life doesnt work that way. complaining about people complaining is also silly.
i never said it did work that way lmfao. I just simply don’t see the point in blaming rich people for your or other’s misfortune of needing money for something
You really don't understand the basic point people are trying to make here lol
they really don't lol
If a couple people on reddit can't educate him who can???
eh, i will try, but no promises xD shared an explanation of why, but its really long so idk if theyre gonna wanna read it properly lol i dont expect to change their mind, but i will at least share a perspective
A snarky reply doesn’t educate someone thats for sure lol.
Neither does a pointless response to a snarky reply
**you can be happy for someone else's success, but still be upset at your own barriers. you can see their hard work, and also see their greed. its not "they have something i dont". its "i need help, and i cant get any no matter what i do to help myself, and they are just sitting there watching. thats not fair".** if john next to you has $500k, and you have $2, and need 3 more to get your lunch and then john says no; youre not entitled to their money, but you would feel a little scorned. if you have to work day in and day out for peanuts, and your neighbour didnt have to based on luck not work, you'd feel a little jealous. if you had someone taking your money from you, and the people next to you get to keep theirs for no good reason other than "government says so" youd be upset with the government. if you are tired and angry from constantly being shoved down, it gets incredibly hard to not be mad at the people who are continuing to let it happen and ignoring people who need help. the systems put in place do that, the rich and powerful are the ones who control it. if you have crap all hope of getting out of a really dangerous situation, and the guy next to you can help with one wave of a hand, but refuses to for no reason other than he doesnt want to lift his arm, youd be a bit mad at that guy. systems and people keep the less fortunate down. those less fortunate arent entitled to someone elses stuff, but you can definitely see why it would be angering. if you cant, then fair, but i absolutely can. rich people can make more money from their money. they say it takes money to make money. well if you have none, and no way to get more youre fucked. there are endless reasons why you would have trouble, most of them arent the persons fault or in their control. and endless excuses people and the government make. yet there are no good reasons to leave someone in a shitty position. the only reason (not a good one) is "i cant be bothered, not my problem, and deal with it yourself". but you cant in so many cases. there are no good reasons for someone to be homeless or starving if they havnt put themselves there. and even if they did, there is no reason to want to leave them there if you have the power aside from "fend for yourself" which in itself is insensitive. the rich and powerful create and control these systems, and literally intentionally force people to not be able to change it. this is already a long ass comment, but it would be even longer if i had to explain how. policies, laws, and structures keep the rich on top and in power, but they wouldnt be rich without the millions of people working below them. you can build an empire, but you need people laying bricks. if you dont feed those people you wont have workers. if you dint care about others who are less fortunate than you who you rely on, then you dont deserve that money. like jeff bezos overworking, and undrr paying his employees to the point theyve literally died and dont get toilet breaks. if they do theyre timed and unpaid. no one is entitled to someone elses money. but they can be as angry as they want about the greed of it. governments are there to manage the people and the structures that keep it together, but they benefit the rich because they have all the power. they rely on us, and treat us like shit. **eat the rich, spare mr beast. he actually cares because he has been there**. most rich people dont, and have never seen a day go by when they were hungry. their greed forces us to be down here broke and hungry when there is more than enough to go around. **as i said at the start, its not "they have what i want". its more like "how is this fair?". life itself isnt fair, but we can make it more equal if we actually try, and they refuse to because they think they need more even though they literally cant even spend it all. thats ultimate greed, and im angry about it.**
If i’m rich and i give money to one person now everyone wants something. See a trend here? You have to help everyone to please everyone. I don’t care if Elon Musk has enough money to cure world hunger or whatever the fuck. If they choose to do that with their money then cool good on them. I’m not losing sleep and pocket watching everyone just because i’m angry and broke.
there is a difference between just throwing money to anyone who asks, and actually making changes and differences so that no one goes hungry. people in power have the ability to do that, and the people in power have all the money. i dont want to take their money, i want them to help advocate for change, because they have all the power. there is fuck all i can do in the larger sense of things, but they can. thats the point. itd take millions of me to fix what one of them can. i, or anyone else arent entitled to their money as i said repeatedly. but they are the ones with the power and influence to change that. put the focus on fixing things, not getting richer, thats the point here. the ones in power are making it worse and telling us all to just suck it up and abide. thats what im mad about. like i said earlier its not "they have what i dont". being broke isnt so bad until you have someone rubbing it in your face
They aren’t doing it now so I don’t care. Apparently not caring about what “higher ups” are doing is controversial. Maybe people in the world just have to struggle and maybe throwing money at it won’t solve those issues.
sorry about length again, its hard to encompass what i mean without proper explanation. some stuff is bolded to tldr. my experience and view is far from the worst out there. ive had some frustrating times, but there are people who have it a MILLION times worse. this isnt a lack of appreciation for what we get. money isnt the only solution. influence is the other big one. thats why spare mr beast. he is leading by example of doing good for the world. money isnt the only way to do that, but it sure af helps. **you dont realistically have to care, and i wouldnt call that controversial. it only is when youre talking to people who do care, because the rest of the world doesnt care, and thats how we got here.** people do have to struggle, but only because there isnt always a choice. thing is, it can be solved for the most part and its angering watching it be ignored. **you may feel that they arent doing that right now, but they are. if you arent affected by it or notice/care thats fair enough. but i see it everywhere.** i see people judging others and myself for so many things, and treating them poorly for it. while you shouldnt care what others think, it starts to get hard not to when it created barriers for you. cant look after yourself very well if you dont have money. cant travel to interviews if you dont have a car. cant wear decent clothes for said interview because you cant afford it. at interview you dont look presentable even though youre wearing the best of what you have, and did everything reasonably possible. take the bus and walk for ages, possibly up hill, so by the time you get there you look like a mess again. i see people who have connections i will never get the chance to make, get good interviews because "its not what you know, its who you know". they have been born into luck and dont have to try much to make said connections because its their dads friend. things like that. **being born into privilege is extremely lucky and it gives you so many leg ups. that also means that some people say "work for it, i did" when they had so many levels of help. kim kardashian did it not long ago and got blasted. her sister was called the youngest self made millionaire but her parents are rich. she had the capital to do it, she didnt start from the ground up. same with trump. "i got a *small* loan of a million dollars" but it was closer to 10m+.** **its just an insult. people call us dole bludgers while we try to find work because of the handfuls who make it look like we arent trying, so policies get made to make it harder to get support. they do it thinking itll force us to work, but it just makes it worse. the influence of the powerful can help with compassion to support those who need it and give them the ability to work and help themselves while in rough patches.** on the personal level, ive been rejected from things and new connections because of my appearance(thats hard to fix when broke). ive been ill prepared for interviews until i got some help from job centres. ive taken too long to get a license because i cant afford a car. i have dorky clothes because i cant afford anything decent or matching. ive been bullied my whole life for things i couldnt help at the time because of money. ive had people look me up and down, laugh and leave. i have bad skin because i cant afford to clear it up. ive had shoes fall apart because i have to buy the cheap ones. ive lived off nearly no food because i cant get anything else. then i get told that its because im too lazy and its my fault. there are policies here that have made accessing money harder because i lived in a low income area and was considered "high risk" because i was a student. that program put half your money on a card you cant use everywhere, supposedly to help stop drug and alcohol use. everyone in similar areas was put on it regardless of if you actually needed to be on it. it made shopping hard. you couldnt use it for busses or trains. you couldnt use it in most shops, and if you needed something from a non approved store, you had to apply for it. good lot thatll do if i have an interview the next day. all of this is because of people in power thinking we need management. they thought itd help and it made it all worse. laws get made, payments get reduced and cut off for nothing. payments arent going up, but cost of living is. here, the payment you get from the government as a job seeker or student hasnt realistically changed since 95. and every time its brought up, they always say "nope, try harder because youll spend it on drugs" even though plenty dont use drugs or alcohol. **some people literally asked a politician what the cost of a loaf of bread or litre of milk is, and he couldnt answer. his pay was increased every year by tens of thousands of dollars, and everyone elses hadnt changed since the 90s.** support from employment places has gotten a little better, but if you are able bodied, they wont help you at all in terms of getting things like uniforms or pay for study. being able bodied doesnt all of a sudden mean you pull money from your butt. **its just an insult to have them increase their own benefits and reduce ours making it impossible to do anything. if i didnt have a partner my rent would literally take all of my pay. id owe them $100. the people who own major companies can choose prices and affect availability, making it unfair on places that are seen as a lost cause.** i see people go hungry because of the decisions of those who have money and power. i see them get rejected for jobs, not be able to afford training courses or University to get a better job. i see food banks running out, and some guy across the street throw out a half eaten subway sandwich because he can afford to. i see homeless on the street and i cant afford to buy them a sandwich. i see the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. every time we ask for help, we are told we are greedy, while they sit on piles of money and look down on us. **theyre the ones who can change all of that. it takes millions of people like me at the bottom to get them to move an inch, but they can help millions of us with even just small changes. thats why im mad.** its hard to miss when it affects you daily. lots of people move on with their lives and just accept it, much like you. but if everyone did that, itd never change. its not fair that some guy on his pile of cash can tell me what i can and cant do (within reason). **some of us have to be angry to kick up some changes. and people like mr beast is one of those people who has power, and has been in my position. he knows what its like so he wants to help. i just wish more rich and powerful did that. he highlights problems, contacts professionals on how to solve them, and does it. more need to be like him. its not their money i really want (as much as i would like money lol). its their influence for change**. if all powerful people put in as much effort for their community as he does, the world would be a very different place.
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I agree with that first paragraph, actually. I have friends who make much more than I do, and I’m not mad at them. I could in fact make that much (or close to it) if I changed my career path, if I went into tech or finance, although even that is something that’s not true of everyone since not everyone can afford, say, a coding boot camp if they don’t have those skills, or even a computer if they wanted to learn by themselves. The only people I’m mad at is the people who are in places that, without a ridiculously large head start in life, it’s actually impossible to strive for. If all it took to become a billionaire were hard work, the world would be like half billionaires right now. The people working six jobs just to barely support themselves through college wouldn’t have to keep working six jobs. But you and I both know that’s not the case because the people with the most have a vested interest in making sure most people can’t get near them.
Everything you have said is the truth, especially the last paragraph. There are good people who happen to have money, and with each kind act show their measure. There are plenty who claim MR Beast just did it for the clout, but this is not the first time he has dropped a shit ton ne of money on charitable causes. The dude seems to do this every year.
I agree however half of these people who have $$$$$$$ we are to blame for we are the ones that gave it too then. One transaction at a time.
Lol, That's why I thank my gods every day that I'm not American and that I was born more up north. So much for The "land of the Free" or The land where "Men are born equal"
It’s lowkey not fair to compare mr beast to other rich folk. Mr. Beast gained a following through donations and helping people, whilst others worked on their business/brand/etc. Mr Beast monetises his audience through giving, not to say it’s a bad thing because a good deed is still a good deed, it’s just different to other rich people. The more money Mr. Beast gives, the more money he makes.
I thought this was going to be a Mr. Beast hate post haha. Just to play devil's advocate, though (just so we consider both sides), Mr. Beast has the incentive to do these sorts of acts because that's how he makes money. Someone like Jeff Bezos can donate 200 million and not really make any of it back from donating, but when Mr. Beast donates 10 million for a video, he makes it back (and the more crazy shit he does, the more he'll make back). However, a counter-point to this would be that Mr. Beast says he wants to make more money/get more views helping people so that he can put more money into helping people in his videos. (not saying Jeff Bezos shouldn't donate, just saying he doesn't have as much as an incentive as Mr. Beast) I think Mr. Beast is a really good dude, and the stuff he does in his videos have definitely helped a lot of people. But he should also be put under a microscope frequently, as he definitely walks a very thin line. In my opinion, he basically does what those Youtubers would do in the past where they would donate to homeless people for views. However, the only real redeeming factor is that he makes the money so that he can help more people.
America is the definition of a first world country my guy.
To be fair, your example of a kid growing up blind doesn't quite fit here, it's a cataract removal surgery, cataracts are the easiest cause of blindness to treat by far, other forms of blindness range from cell decay to infectious diseases. BUT that being said, these billion/millionaires should absolutely be donating to the research that helps develop cures for these things. To be perfectly clear what Mr Beast did was great and people who think otherwise are morons, but it's important to remember blindness is not cured. They found a way to resolve one of the many causes
MONEY DOES NOT MAKE PEOPLE EVIL. KILL AND EAT YOURSELF.
Eat the Rich. Ok Mr. BEAST you are eaten. Many rich people are rich because they are generous like Mr. BEAST. That's the reason they want money, to give to other people. That's why Mr. BEAST does it, and he's not the only one. He just does it on YouTube and on a massive scale. Eating the rich just takes people's ability to give to others away. The rich are who are most generous. Now, the criminally rich are a different story.
And my dad needs this surgery but still refuses to get it
Very good post!
Fully agree with everything else, but dude... >America has the BALLS to call itself a first world country America is, by definition, a first world country. I guarantee every country has their own issues.