• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I do not trust anyone who engages in philanthropy porn. It’s always more about the show and the ego of the person or people behind it than it is about the people supposedly being helped.

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      1 month ago

      Did people ever doubt that though?

      Yeah he’s inflating his ego. And he’s making money off it. The only reason I sort of like MrBeast is that there are plenty of other people ALSO doing a bunch of shit for show and making mad bank from it, mostly nobody gives much back, but he realized that philanthropy can be self-funding if done with enough show.

      But it’s still very much obvious philanthropy porn with MrBeast, not true philanthropy.