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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by HDThoreaun on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:16AM (#36305223)
His videos make hundreds of millions of people happy and probably more likely to donate or be charitable. That seems like more than zero impact to me.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by kcb on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:35AM (#36305368)
The latest Marvel movie makes hundreds of millions of people happy too.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by HDThoreaun on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:42AM (#36305421)
They probably have a positive impact too
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by kcb on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:48AM (#36305476)
Exactly, but no one would call their creation Altruism.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by libraryatnight on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:27AM (#36305315)
He's a greedy snot manufacturing consent for some kind of hunger games dystopia.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by goodpoint on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @05:43AM (#36307797)
By this logic a casino is altruistic and charitable.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by HDThoreaun on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:16AM (#36310544)
If the casino donated half its earnings many people would call it charitable. In fact charity poker is pretty common.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by goodpoint on Thursday June 15, 2023 @05:39PM (#36346890)
You are missing the point. A casino is already giving away a lot of money to a winner when somebody else is losing.
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