I mean he could call it "I saved 100 people from committing suicide". Of course not everyone in this forum wants to die because of financials but personally it would increase my likelihood to avoid suicide.
As many recognized this is of course a cynical remark. In the news you can read a lot about his video where he gave 1000 blind people money for an operation to be cured. Some people celebrate him for that as a demi-god. Others kind of demonize him but I don't agree with that either.
This example with suicide forum members perfectly captures a problem of this attempt to improve societal grievances. Well no ad company would want to be associated with the topic suicide. So he would not find any sponsors to finance the video.
It shows a deeper lying issue. There are the mega rich who want to present themselves as altruistic and as philanthropists. They don't really give a shit about poor people. They just have the money and power to frame themselves in a positive way. They suck themselves off for it and portray themselves as saints. There is this one Drake music video I hate so fucking much God's plan. Just when I think about it my disgust increases a lot.
There are billionaires who spend a little percent of their money for charity. And they get celebrated for it. I think in the US this is even a good plan to dodge taxes. They give handouts/pittances to poor people and don't lose much. Their popularity increases. The videos become viral. The supporter count increases. The image improves and the revenue increases. The system is so fucking perverted. I don't live in the US but compared to my country distributing money happens more often on a voluntary basis. This is at least what I read. In Germany the state distributes the money with higher taxes. In the US charity is more common but often only on a voluntary basis. Combined with the tactic to dodge taces this is pretty sick.
However I don't know the details of the US tax system. This plan to dodge taxes in this manner seems to be way easier if you are already rich and can hire legal experts who know the loopholes.
For me it is perverted. This charity is only good on the surface. Sorry it is a little bit political. In the US the inequality is pretty high and the health care system sucks. It is a shame that people have to wait for winning the lottery that a rich content creator wants to exploit them for clicks and good PR in order to get that operation. It should be a human right and not dependent of the good will of a fucking Youtuber/celebrity.
I think now it is too late to beg MrBeast to save my life after that thread. However as I said the topic suicide is not good enough for companies to sponsor it anyway.
Maybe I am too negative with this attitude towards him. I almost never watched him and my first impression of him is he is fake. I could be wrong about his character. But I am still convinced that the system is flawed and that there have to be deep rooted reforms. This charity cures some symptoms of an ill society so that the system does not collapse but we need real change. Not this superficial marketing trick.
What is your take on it?
As many recognized this is of course a cynical remark. In the news you can read a lot about his video where he gave 1000 blind people money for an operation to be cured. Some people celebrate him for that as a demi-god. Others kind of demonize him but I don't agree with that either.
This example with suicide forum members perfectly captures a problem of this attempt to improve societal grievances. Well no ad company would want to be associated with the topic suicide. So he would not find any sponsors to finance the video.
It shows a deeper lying issue. There are the mega rich who want to present themselves as altruistic and as philanthropists. They don't really give a shit about poor people. They just have the money and power to frame themselves in a positive way. They suck themselves off for it and portray themselves as saints. There is this one Drake music video I hate so fucking much God's plan. Just when I think about it my disgust increases a lot.
There are billionaires who spend a little percent of their money for charity. And they get celebrated for it. I think in the US this is even a good plan to dodge taxes. They give handouts/pittances to poor people and don't lose much. Their popularity increases. The videos become viral. The supporter count increases. The image improves and the revenue increases. The system is so fucking perverted. I don't live in the US but compared to my country distributing money happens more often on a voluntary basis. This is at least what I read. In Germany the state distributes the money with higher taxes. In the US charity is more common but often only on a voluntary basis. Combined with the tactic to dodge taces this is pretty sick.
However I don't know the details of the US tax system. This plan to dodge taxes in this manner seems to be way easier if you are already rich and can hire legal experts who know the loopholes.
For me it is perverted. This charity is only good on the surface. Sorry it is a little bit political. In the US the inequality is pretty high and the health care system sucks. It is a shame that people have to wait for winning the lottery that a rich content creator wants to exploit them for clicks and good PR in order to get that operation. It should be a human right and not dependent of the good will of a fucking Youtuber/celebrity.
I think now it is too late to beg MrBeast to save my life after that thread. However as I said the topic suicide is not good enough for companies to sponsor it anyway.
Maybe I am too negative with this attitude towards him. I almost never watched him and my first impression of him is he is fake. I could be wrong about his character. But I am still convinced that the system is flawed and that there have to be deep rooted reforms. This charity cures some symptoms of an ill society so that the system does not collapse but we need real change. Not this superficial marketing trick.
What is your take on it?
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