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Re:MrBeast's Faux Philanthropy by neom on Friday October 25, 2024 @11:25PM (#41952276)
From the rich people I know their philanthropy seems to fall into one of two buckets. allaying guilt, or, make more money.
Re:MrBeast's Faux Philanthropy by notpushkin on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:18AM (#41952520)
Why not both!
Re:MrBeast's Faux Philanthropy by neom on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:34AM (#41952581)
honestly... I didn't put or both because I was lazy to think through if "one of three buckets" was the right way to phrase it, and additionally, too lazy to think of another way to phrase it, so yeah, or both. :P
Re:MrBeast's Faux Philanthropy by throwaway2413 on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:19AM (#41952523)
Not sure how big of a minority we are, but for some of us, philanthropy does actually come from a place of deep gratitude for our community
Re:MrBeast's Faux Philanthropy by toomuchtodo on Sunday October 27, 2024 @12:41AM (#41959904)
I don’t care about the idea of community, I just want the people I interact with to suffer less. That’s what the money is for.
Re:MrBeast's Faux Philanthropy by schiffern on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:37AM (#41952591)

  > allaying guilt
We all know the mere act of being rich makes someone guilty, so that's a tautology.
Re:MrBeast's Faux Philanthropy by rowanG077 on Saturday October 26, 2024 @07:51PM (#41958659)
I think you can make a very convincing argument ALL philanthropy falls into either category. That doesn't it make it bad either. If someone does something that helps other it doesn't really matter in the end why they did it.