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
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
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.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
He could have yeah, but what he did is still better than nothing.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Nah like I said: contributing to such a hyper-capitalist society in such a predatory way is worse than giving a thousand people a free leg. The damage people like this do to our society as a whole is enormous.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
t. commie
People want to watch his videos, advertisers want to advertise, everyone makes money, everyone wins. What's the issue, who exactly is being exploited
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
I'm no commie, I'll advocate for a capitalist society but a hyper-capitalist society is driving us ever closer to "sleep in the pods, eat the bugs." AI to cut jobs. VR will eventually be used to supplicate basic living conditions (who needs to waste money on the environment if people can visit a VR park! Who needs a nice house with a lawn when you can simualte all of that with VR?)
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
I agree AI is basically just bad for humanity without some form of UBI (now I'm a commie
). The VR thing is def an issue and has already happened with the internet: https://nypost.com/2024/10/18/lifestyle/why-gen-z-likes-to-stay-home-so-much-and-its-not-because-of-inflation/
Mr Beast, and youtubers in general, seem like much less of an issue for society than those two though. Basically just as bad for kids as TV or video games.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Maybe, I just see hyper-aggressive content farms like Mr. Beast as a single cog in the larger machine that is corporations doing everything they can to get us to eat bugs
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context