YouTube star and Beast Games creator Jimmy "MrBeast" recently took to X to announce the release of his new YouTube video where he helps 2,000 amputees get access to prosthetics. In the same post on X, MrBeast condemns the healthcare system of the United States for not providing these facilities effectively, with a YouTuber having to step in to fill the gap.
Just uploaded a video where we helped 2,000 amputees walk again. Many lived in America and it feels so disgusting that in a country with this much wealth, a fricken YouTuber is their only option to get a prosthetic leg. We need to fix this.
β MrBeast (@MrBeast) January 11, 2025
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lol
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That's a lot woah where the amputee women at
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My preferred woman is a chicken mcnugget
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Hot and crispy
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How many have you helped?
I'm a chud and even I think at least helping buy prosthetics should be something the state does. Able-bodied people should not be incentivized to leech, they can go work to pay for shit. But if you're not a codecel and lose your leg you're fricked.
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Helping less than a percent of a percent of people and then smugposting about how other people should do as much as you is not helpful
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He's not saying other people need to do more personally, he's saying we all collectively need to do so via the government. Seems completely fair to me.
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It's capitalism disguised as philanthropism with an added layer of smugness. Maybe if Beastie donated all the profits of this video to amputees I might give a shit what he has to say.
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He could, but I don't think making money off recording yourself doing a good deed totally negates the good deed. Worse than just doing it without using it to make money, better than not having done it at all.
What we should be on his butt about is the
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Imagine you're one of these cripples
But at least you got that new aluminum leg right?
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$1,000 to be a feelgood prop in a Youtube video for a minute seems like a pretty good deal
maybe some of them even enjoy his content and were happy to meet him and to be in a video that gets millions of views (i havent watched it so idk if most of the ppl come off this way)
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Personally, even if we ignore his ulterior motives for appearing philanthropic, I think the malfeasance Mr. Beast commits by participating in the hyper-capitalist, hyper-exploitative system that is content-creation and the Youtube algorithm (as well as western consumerism in general) outweighs the good he does.
In fact, if Beastie actually gave a shit about amputees, he could spend a large portion of his attention and money lobbying congress and public opinion for better health care. Insted, he just makes one video (that he makes millions in profit off of) and posts 1 (one) tweet about it, putting in the absolute bare minimum effort he could've done.
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