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submitted 8 months ago by King@lemy.lol to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

He is an evil individual who fails to address systemic issues or assist people for their own benefit.

As a game show host, he humiliates and exploits participants, boasting about his own virtues without any regard for the contestants.

Examples:

I believe legal intervention is necessary to limit his actions towards people and prevent him from exploiting them for personal gain.

Quick note: while I believe that results of some of his videos is good ( which he did to show how good of a person he is), that does not change the facts about his evil videos, the same way bezoz donations does not make him a good person.

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[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I avoid watching anything YT features with click bait such as this guy. I never have watched him and never will.

However, I'll add that this is basically the entire data-mining-stalkerware porn industry too. You're just watching some rich guy pay a top shelf hooker and recording it for narcissism while legally skirting human trafficking/prostitution charges in places like Los Angeles.

The real question is do we live in an authoritarian society where the person being exploited has no right to choose to be exploited. So long as Mr. Beast fully discloses his intentions, I think he has every right to exploit people. I also think, a wealth tax is needed, and a massive democratic overhaul is needed in the USA to solve very similar capitalist problems that stopped with Teddy Roosevelt. The era of Carnegie, Westinghouse, Edison, and others is extremely similar to the era of Bezos, Musk, Gates, Murdoch, and others. The billionaire class must be directly addressed and eliminated if we are going to solve the exploitation issue. This is the real problem, not the fact stupid people watch stupid nonsense for entertainment.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 5 points 8 months ago

I don't particularly like his style - it's too loud, flashy and obnoxious - but I don't think he's an inherently bad or evil person, and actually does a whole lot of good with his charities.

Sure, some people get to look foolish in his shows, but none of them are going to suffer from long term negative consequences.

People forget how short-lived the internet is nowadays, and it's not like any of the people are ever listed with their full names or even aliases.

[-] DoctorButts@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 8 months ago

Where's the guy who made the plugin that removed Elon Musk from the internet? Please come back and make one for Mr Beast too.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

I mean, most of his content is clickbait BS "I did this dumb thing for 20/30/40+ hours".

When he involves his subscriber base, he's typically expecting the same idiotic crap from them....

I don't really watch his stuff, but that's literally all I've seen him do.

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

You do realize those are voluntary participants right?

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[-] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

K calling someone evil is just fucking stupid. If your idea of human morals is "good vs evil" then just go to church and thump your bible with the rest of the morons. I cant stand mr beast, but just because I think he's vain and extremely punchable. You can't fault someone for playing the game that society has set up and playing it well. He objectively has done a shitload for the disadvantaged, so unless we find out that he's killing hookers or something then you cant even reasonably label him as "bad" (whatever that even means) because he has a well documented net positive impact on society. What have you done for society lately?

[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I’m guessing you’re not too fond of the guy who did Bum Fights either.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

At least he was 100% open and aware of what he was doing without trying to make it seem like charity.

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[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Not just rich people. If you think that only rich people are watching him I have a lot to tell you.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

What's the humiliation in quitting a job for $100k? I'd do that in a heartbeat.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

He's turning poor people into clowns to entertain other poor people. It's ad supported it's not like a private club.

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