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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

For those out of the know:

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Video 2 (CONTENT WARNING: Torture, SA)

I'm not much for YouTube drama but never liked Mr. Beast's child lotteries and wealth glorification. If you wanted to improve society you could put that money into actual charity, but of course that isn't a profitable strategy. Oh well.

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[–] [email protected] 125 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

No idea how valid the youtuber's claims are, but it's so obvious how manipulative beast's videos are. And it's wild how many people jump to his defense whenever his exploitation of people for videos is criticized. He made a literal Squid Games reenactment and people ate it up with zero sense of irony.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was a fan when I was younger, back when he was just some guy doing funny shit, but a mix of me growing up and him becoming more corporate caused me to stop watching.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Yeah the wealth glorification and massive pollution made every video and just the waste of money turned me off

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