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I am not a fan of Mr Beast and I agree with most of your critisms. However, when we´re always enveloped by gloom and doom, some of these stories can feel nice, like a great way to escape. Which is what bothers me about the criticism, you assume that even the adults who defend him are just confused or don´t understand the systemic problems. Maybe they´re just trying to escape from the horrible distopic world we live in, in which even when you try to change things it doesn´t work. So seeing someone at least do something nice, should feel at least a bit nice. I can be a bit dishearting for everything to be critized and therefore nothing can be at least a bit good, everything has to be tainted by "evil/bad" things. Also obviously as an American youtuber, you didn´t include other countries but that might be beyond the scope of your video. I guess I feel this way, because sometimes informing about an issue isn´t enough to change it.
@@marielcarey4288 I can't sit through a Mr Beast video but I love ppl who are generous. Now to your other points, Mariel, so anyone who doesn't agree with your Tiff here is a D rider? Check. Wow what an intellectual comeback. Are you 11 yo? And I didn't set out to make a 40 minute commentary on someone helpful while doing lazy research. Tiffany decided to create this video, not me, so it's viewers' rights to have an opinion and her job to do proper research before saying negative things about someone. Yeah roast MB..but come intelligently which she didn't. Now calm down before you get a panic attack, Karen.
I'm a Canadian optometrist and I refer patients for this surgery multiple times a month as almost everyone gets cataracts eventually. In Canada this surgery is covered and I find it crazy that if you do not have the insurance/cash for the surgery in certain countries, you are left go to blind :'(
@@KatBurnsKASHKA I'm American and I'm ashamed that I live in a country that's simultaneously the richest country in the world yet lets its citizens suffer and die from preventable diseases/injuries/etc because "healthcare is not a right" or whatever. It's disgusting.
@@Silvermoon424 all countries' regimes use their citizenry as beasts of burden, only kept alive to do the dirty work for the elites. american politicians just take it a step further.
@@Silvermoon424 it’s not the richest country anymore. I don’t think it has been for a while. Not even the top ten now. It’s propaganda. It’s got several of the worlds richest people, but that’s not the same thing.
Mr. Beast asking to see the tent of someone experiencing homelessness speaks to at least a level of inauthenticity to his empathy. As someone who grew up in poverty, I can’t IMAGINE someone asking to see my childhood home so others (in much better conditions) could gawk at my living conditions. How heartbreaking for that man. I hope he is doing well.
Yeah that was very gross... I'll give him a little slack since that was awhile ago, but still you'd think he should still have had the tact to know that was a disrespectful thing to ask.
Did you notice that he also said something to the extent of “TELL THEM that you don’t care and are actually grateful and happy”. Not his words, obviously, but he made that man says that he was okay with what he was doing, like duh dude what do you expect from him, saying “I would prefer to not be filmed” and, by doing so, reject the money? Which is the sickest part to me.
Man, this video aged well. It's really jarring to me that he'd want to work to make sure he had a decade's worth of content if he had a month left to live. The charitable videos he does are inspiration and poverty pr0n. It's sad finding haters in the comment section.
Just remember, any donations are also tax write offs. Sure, it's being donated but just remember that it's not completely selfless. Rich people can donate in private, but why would they if it can reduce their taxes???
So? People that usually donate nothing are always barking that shite out like it invalidates them, while giving you cover for basically donating your self-righteous takes.
Related to the exploitation - I went to a food bank today because I didn’t have another choice and not only was it in a church and “you need to join and be saved” was shoved in my face, it was also being filmed for.. some reason. Nothing feels more dehumanising than effectively begging for food and being filmed doing it
I watched penguin0 for the first time and holy liberals the comments made me feel like I was going crazy 😭 By the way people talked about him, I didn’t think he would be a lib.
same. he’s always given me such a strange vibe and i felt like nobody else thought the same thing lol. his “generosity” gets him a lot of PR, money, success and opportunities. i did not for a second believe that someone was just handing out money out of the goodness of their heart. if they were, they wouldn’t be monetizing or making a profit
I’m an ophthalmic technician so a huge part of my job on a daily basis is working with cataract patients and educating them about cataracts. There are a few things that were odd to be in the mr beast video. 1) The phrasing of the title and concept in general. Cataracts do not make people blind. They DO impair vision to varying degrees depending on the person and how long they’ve had the cataract. It’s VERY rare for cataracts to completely obstruct vision. For reference, 20/20 is “normal” vision, and majority of people who I do exams on are seeing about 20/40-20/80 with cataracts that have been there for years. Furthermore, most of the time, they are able to correct this visual disturbance with glasses or contacts. It may not completely correct to 20/20 but MOST people are still using correction to see on a daily basis. For reference, 20/200 or worse qualifies a person as “legally blind”. I understand that any disruption to vision is frustrating and I agree, it was a very nice gesture and I’m sure it helped a lot of people. I also agree that we need universal healthcare and anyone should be able to have the procedure if needed. The problem is how he’s selling it, he’s making it seem like these people are truly blind and can’t see anything, when that’s just not statistically possible in 1,000 people with cataracts. I should mention idk if maybe to qualify for his video you needed to be seeing at a certain point or something along those lines which would make sense. 2) there is absolutely no way that right after the surgery they were seeing perfectly. They will see better than before surgery, but it has to heal a bit before the vision is clear. Our clinic sees the patients the next day for a postop and majority of patients say it wasn’t until a few hours later or the next morning that they noticed a clear difference. So I think that the reactions are either forced or he just chose the few people who happened to notice a big difference immediately after. 3) This may be different in different states, but in my state our malpractice insurance won’t let us operate in both eyes on the same day because if, for some rare but possible reason, the surgery didn’t take it caused complications, both eyes won’t be affected only one would be. We even see the patients back about a week after to check and make sure the eye is doing well to give us the ok to do the second eye. To my knowledge, most other clinics operate the same way. And in conclusion lol, I agree I think posting your good deeds is just tacky, he could have totally made an Instagram post or something if he wanted his fans to know, but the performance of the whole video is just off putting for me.
Thank you so much for this! I was also wondering about complications in general, I'm not an expert but google tells me there's a somewhat significant percentage of patients that experience posterior capsule opacification? That's something that would develop after a while, right? So what would that mean in this context, more surgery? additional treatments? and what happens if it goes untreated? is it "just" that patients lose their vision again or would there be more significant consequences?
@@user-es7ui5mc1m i’m not the original commenter, but I am in my 2nd year of optometry school and we just learned about PCO. It’s often treated with a YAG laser procedure, which is different from a cataract surgery and much less invasive. if PCO is left untreated, for the most part the patient just is stuck with another cataract from what I remember learning. There are plenty of other complications that can occur from cataract surgery that need to be monitored for by a qualified practitioner.
Oh wow, this comment really put things into even better perspective. Thank you for explaining this! I thought it was weird he was saying they were blind and I thought maybe some of them were just legally blind (I don't know much about eyes at all), but seeing that it's unlikely that most of them were makes it so much more icky.
@@heather9140 tysm, this was super helpful! i really hope that behind the scenes he and his team pay for follow-up appointments/monitoring and that they help the people that experience complications but i'm doubtful...
not just mr beast, but i also hate those "take $1,000 or give the next person $10,000" videos, where the person who chooses to pass gets the $10k as well most of the time, the people who take the $1k are those who desperately need it - single parents with mouths to feed, people in debt, medical bills to pay. they're breaking down on camera and expressing all their gratitude because that $1k will drastically change their lives being offered $1k and being able to afford saying no is a privilege. yes, of course it's selfless as well. but not everyone can _afford_ to be selfless, especially those who have dependents relying on them.
Only in America do people get mad at someone for giving someone 1k. Babies whining in the internet, contributing nothing to society. Complaining about how their country sucks. Most of the world is working hard and still starving. Be thankful for a second and go produce value in the world.
@@pandoraOR no one is denying that, but whilst that's great, what we're saying is that he (as someone with a lot of influence, therefore power, money & resources) should do something to help change the systems that leave people in those positions. A handout is great, it really is, but if he wants to help, he's gonna need to do more than sport a lucky few.
I think people are getting defensive of Mr. Beast without understanding that he's part of a larger systemic failure. We wouldn't *need* people like Mr. Beast if we didn't live in a failing society that didn't take care of its most vulnerable while letting billionaires and huge companies exploit people. It's great that Mr. Beast is helping people, but it's like when you read those "feel-good" stories that are actually really depressing once you think about it. Like no, it's actually really not heartwarming that a 9-year-old girl had to organize a huge bake sale to pay for her brother's wheelchair or that a group of employees banded together and donated all of their sick leave to their coworker who has cancer. Those people should be getting taken care of but they're not because we live in a dystopia.
@@2nerC9 there is a solution. the us is not the only place on earth and other countries have actually managed to provide universal healthcare so this would not be needed.
@@2nerC9 one person writing out the solutions on a youtube comment is redundant , the comment is to discuss their opinions, not a plea for systemic change
That’s not his fault though.. Why criticize Mr. Beast for systemic failures that he has no control over rather than praise him for actually helping people? He himself criticized the government for not helping those blind people
To be clear I’m not a Mr. Beast fan I’ve literally never watched one of his videos, I’m just wondering why does he get criticized for our government failing to help people. I understand it’s not as heartwarming as it should be because at the end of the day it’s sad that some TH-camr had to step in and help them but idk hey at least he helped them.
@@triplea7536Everybody has food? Sure, we produce enough food to feed the entire Earth, but we don't have the infrastructure to transport that food. In large portions of Africa that are heavily underdeveloped thousands of people are starving. Not everyone has food, or access to basic medicine. Starvation is an actual issue to thousands of people around the globe and is a very big issue. But instead of spending the resources to move the food that we produce which is enough to feed more than 1 Earth, we instead just spend money to make sure we produce more food. Saying starvation isn't even an issue, is stupid, because it is. The reason it is an issue isn't because we don't have enough food, the issue is we don't have the infrastructure to transport it to where it is needed.
@@triplea7536 I'm not sure you know what I am talking about. My point is you said the system enriches everyone, but since it does not me, it doesn't enrich everyone.
@@triplea7536 You forgot that your original point is that it enriches everyone, and since many people in Africa, and all over the world do starve, have hundreds of financial issues, some not even being to support themselves financially, capitalism world broad does not enrich everyone. But let's continue, think of why the US is so rich. 1. Very good geography protected on both sides by oceans and had good relationships with its neighbors. Meanwhile in the US you have every possible climate and terrain, from swamps to mountains, to deserts and artic. The US is also extremely rich in resources it has abundant oil, gold, iron, and silver. Also the reason why food is so cheap and abundant in a western country like the US is because the US produces a massive surplus of food, the US produces enough food to feed itself 2 times over, and since there's not a high demand in food it becomes very cheap. But then you realize that some individuals can't even afford this cheap food, its not impressive if a country that produces enough food to feed itself twice can't fully feed its entire population. Also not everyone has a house or a decent job, so assuming everyone is enriched by capitalism is an inherently flawed idea. Again my point is that not everyone is enriched by the system, which you seem to think everyone is. Although I only used the US as an example, most western countries do have people in it who starve, or find it very hard to get a good job. Massive corporations like Amazon do abuse their workers human rights, there is even evidence that Amazon uses child and sweat shop labor, would you call that enriching to those sweat shop workers and children? No. Capitalism does not inherently enrich everyone in existence or everyone in a western country. Again my point is the system does not enrich everyone like you believe it to.
Kinda reminds me of the adventure time episode where Finn and Jake decide to give away their wealth but Jake ends up throwing money at the citizens, making then do increasing uncomfortable tasks because "they're doing it voluntarily for money"
You can also play mobile games and know manipulative tactics to not pay for in-app purchases? I play mobile games for at least 15 years and 'm not gonna stop even if I know those tactics, I'm just gonna enjoy playing free game without spending money lol
@@PinPinkakathe difference is she actively promoted the ads, going against what she said. Plus in your case, if you play any mobile games with ads then you are giving them money.
@@xjood805 I honestly don't remember where she did go against mobile games so I'm not gonna touch on that. But I'm from gaming industry, as a tester/game designer in mobile games. I played LOTS of mobile games and not every mobile game is bad money grabbing, you have to look through unfortunately and yes, they need money to make games, you also have to pay for food, internet or other stuff to have something in return. Mobile games are generally free but developers need money to make the same games, to not loose their jobs. I wish games would be less money hungry but this economy sucks and developers rely on different tactics. Not defending low-effort prototype, full ads games but I hope you understand where I'm coming from. I'm happy with supporting good, creative games. If Tiffany likes the games she promotes then good for her, she also needs money to make videos, to pay for her rent. And I'm happy to not see other sponsors like betterhelp and other iffy stuff tbh than mobile games. But that's just my opinion
People gotta pay their bills 🤷🏻 It's not because she has the predisposition to get addicted to mobile games that it's a poison we can't take it or else it will happen the same lol I actually don't even believe lots of people clicks their links and starts playing because of them so whatever who actually cares, I hate cucumbers with my life but I'd 100% do the best ad for cucumbers ever with lots of eating for 80 bucks np. Hypocrisy is bad but the one she's doing is just a lame type of hypocrisy, people's just fine.
Hahaha, same! I could watch Tiffany rant against capitalism for days 😜 I'm not even American but she's definitely influenced the way I think about things.
The other part of that "ROI" statement that really gets me is the infantilization that blind people or visually disabled people cannot work. A lot CAN work especially with proper accommodations. But then I'll go down a rabbit hole comment of how inaccessible our society is 😭
nah you're so right. i'm a disabled person who currently can't work because i don't know how to get proper accomodations (my condition is currently undiagnosed bc the medical system is very slow). it's not that i'm incapable, i just have needs that nondisabled people don't have
Thank you for making this point TwT I had to hold myself back cause otherwise I'd get too upset at some of the other comments in here. There are so many people I know who would love to participate in "The Economy" but are locked out because of the workplace's inablility or unwillingness to accomadate them :/
My mother is blind and she gets up and goes to work just like me or anyone else. She was always able to work, but struggled to find a workplace willing to employ her. Now she works at a nonprofit that is specifically employing disabled people... and they are exploiting the shit out of them. It's fucked up but they cannot do anything: either this or unemployment. She had a cataract surgery before and it didn't go as planned. Hopefully those 1000 people got some of their eyesight back and didn't get worse than before like her sight did.
@piarateking8094 Semantics. Tell that to a disabled vet or homeless person who is used being called lazy because they don't have insurance to treat the preventable ailment that is preventing them from participating in a workforce that provides the insurance necessary to treat that ailment.
this reminds me of that news story where people were giving their vacation days to cowowkers so they could have a maternity leave. if only there were a government able to provide people with basic human needs…
Similar to the “heart warming” story of the teachers at one school donating all their holiday/sick days to a colleague who’d used up all of her own because she had to have cancer treatment.
One of my coworkers was gravely injured in accident and we were given the option to donate our vacation/sick days to him. I work in billing, the company made 2 million that MONTH and is a subsidiary of an even larger and more profitable corporation. On the bright side, if we make over 2.2 million in sales this month, we'll finally get a water cooler for the office 🤦
Watching this video after the video that a former editor of his made, this has literally reenforced just how right my gut had been about him since I saw my brother watching him six years ago.
As a university student graduating with a degree in creative and professional writing hearing you talk about the production level of some videos and saying "The best part of the video is the writing" made my heart and brain so happy.
The weirdest thing I've learned about mr beast was at the Flagrant podcast, where he talked about how how he spends all his free time reading books and watching documentaries. It's all about learning and improving himself as person...but then you watch his videos and it's the complete opposite of that. It's just shallow, dull and obnoxious reality tv.
He said on that same podcast that he puts up a character so the videos do better on TH-cam. Sorry to burst your bubble but 90% of TH-camrs put up a fake persona
Had to skip the clips from the homeless man video. I can see why kids don't understand and like his videos, but I genuinely couldn't NOT see the exploitation. Edit: Would love to see a video about charities and their problems.
He didn't even address the cause of the problem... that in even the wealthiest nations, you only deserve care if you have wealth/money. So the root cause is never mentioned, discussed. Instead we get a "solution" to the problem of people not having healthcare they need... rely on the slim hope that maybe a wealthy person will do some philanthropy and you may be one that benefits. Maybe (=very slim chance). All this does is normalize this misconception that rich people will save the unfortunate, a completely irrational conclusion.
Exactly! And all I see from conservatives are straw men built atop the people critiquing the system and the need for Beast to HAVE to do this, but it constantly gets reframed as people attacking a guy going out of his way to do some good in the world.
Thanks for this. I'm not blind, but have a chronic eye condition which along the way has given me cataracts, and I have had them removed (thankfully I'm in Europe so this didn't cost me financially). When I saw the video, I assumed he would be helping people in countries where they have less medical infrastructure in place, maybe in very rural areas, like Médecins Sans Frontières do, but never did I think it'd be in the US. Honestly that's incredibly dystopian, that in the developed world you would need to have your medically necessary surgery funded by a youtuber for views online, with no privacy to deal with the stress of the operation itself or the potential complications. Am I happy he helped people? Oh very much so, yes. Am I happy they had to turn to him for help because they had no other way? God no. That is frankly disturbing. I'm so sorry that you're dealing with this, US folk. You deserve better. Side note, after cataract removal, glaucoma is a common long-term complication. One that I have, in one of my eyes. Cataracts are the world's leading cause of blindness, and glaucoma is number two on that list. I wonder if he will be quite as happy to fund their boring, non-attention-grabbing long-term treatment for them to keep their regained vision, in the form of prescription eyedrops, laser procedures, and potential other eye surgeries. Somehow I doubt it.
The follow-up for all all the money/gifts Mr. Beast always made me wonder. I didn't know that getting cataract surgery means further treatment is needed. It remind me of how you can win a house or car in a sweepstakes but taxes still need to be paid. If these people can't afford further treatment will they become visially impaired all over again? And in that case universal heathcare is what everyone needs and not Mr. Beast.
@@sweetcherryblast7251 It's not necessarily needed, but it's a common complication, so there's a chance. Like I said; out of my two eyes, I only have glaucoma in one now, so it won't be everyone thankfully. But certainly for the unlucky ones, there's no quick fix for glaucoma like there is for cataracts. And you are correct, if glaucoma is left untreated, you do lose your vision irreversibly. It cannot come back after glaucoma damage, it is gone, period. It's something you need regular check-ups and treatment to mitigate, and for those, yup, you need universal healthcare.
@@sweetcherryblast7251 I feel the same way. I always feel icky about videos that revolve around giving large sums of money to homeless people. Taken out of context, of course it's great! It may secure housing and food for a period of time. But it's just a band-aid (and a very limited one, at that) which won't help anyone (not even the person who's been granted the money) in the long run. A lot of homeless people struggle with their health, mental health, substance abuse (usually due to lack of accessibility to mental health treatment) etc. A singular monetary "gift" on its own won't solve any real issue at its root to ensure the person comes out of that situation. If he has so much money to spare, why not help local homeless shelters or public food banks etc., heck even creating new shelters, funding recovery centres, or lobbying for accessibility to public health and mental health (lobbying which costs a lot of money as well!). The answer is simply that those actions are not juicy bits of viral content. This is not philanthropy, it's purely self-serving with a total disregard for the future of those featured in the videos.
@@tripodologia this is so well said. everything I think about mr beast and why I can't stand him. it's not philanthropy, like you said, it's just self and doesn't have the kind of impact that we actually need. he consciously chooses to ignore opportunities to make real lasting change in order to prop up himself and his image by using unlucky people for content. honestly sickening to me
I have to wonder what is the actual solution if the government clearly isn't doing anything. Because when people say, "Well I don't know the answer", it's like why did we have the conversation then? Just say you wanted to vent and go from there. We have access to more than enough information and talking heads that fans will donate more than enough money to just to say the same things in a different background. Do we still have so little collective power to do anything, even if it's a little more inconvenient in the moment?
@@normandy2501 I agree with the original quote but my opinion stands with u. The fact that people even start the conversation, I get to spread awareness but after that what? What now? We know that mr beast doesn’t help with the overall situation, and then..what?
@@qc6057for what doing what people complain about the rich not doing and then when a rich person does it they have a problem it... So y'all mad for him doing exactly what y'all wanted him to do, so this begs the question do you want the rich to help you or do you just want to complain about the rich not helping you
Not changing anything is my issue with Mr.Beast, he's not teaching nor informing nor lobbying for any sort of change. It all seems so soulless and thus has never interested me. And course I can't help but take it somewhat personally as a disabled person struggling to function day to day :I it all frustrates me a lot.
Agree, he could use his influence to lobby for changes, but that would require for him to be more political and he sees that as harmful for his businesses. Also he would have less people to exploit for views.
That's a completely dumb take. He owes people nothing at all. Considering all the good he's done, calling him soulless is a bit ridiculous. Let's be real here, if you had the money he has none of you complaining would be giving away even 1% of what he does.
@@OveranalyzingEverything he has, as shown in the video, voiced things in a way that can harm groups(paying for a procedure as alowing them to live life). He at the very least could either not do that, or educate himself and then his audience. You also can't assume what a person will do. This also isn't about what others would do, its specifically about mr beast. If you want to have a convo about that then don't stray from the topic or start a new one.
Lobbying for change is an industry now. It doesn’t go anywhere. It’s just something people advocate for on social media now to pass the time. Actually being charitable with money is proper philanthropy and makes some tangible difference to numerous individuals.
I HATE the rhetoric that we need billionaires and millionaires to come in and save us from the US healthcare system. Kind of like Mark Cubans pharmacy where he is making drugs more affordable. Yes it’s great! But why do we have to rely on the whims of millionaires to have access to medical care?
@@tiffanyferg ...Bit harsh tbh. He has done more than most of us can ever claim to have done, to actually help the environment. Don't think he ever really claimed to be specifically an Environmentalist either. Love your videos, btw!
Those videos of him and friends destroying drivable running cars (along with other influencers copying him doing the same thing) makes me angry. People can use those cars even though they're "old" used cars. Incredibly wasteful IMO.
@@Nimoes_archive He earned that money by getting kids addicted to his videos and owning businesses. Also, the planting trees thing literally only offset trees being cut by a day.
I love how Mr Beast critiques ara coming up more often... I remember when he did a recreation of the Squid Games... I was mortified💀 like the whole point of the show was anti-rich people...
Yeah, that was a face-palmer for sure. Like, I understand kind of what he was going for, but it was as tone deaf as Hassan Piker buying a mansion, supporting Amazon, and claiming to be a socialist. Sort of missing the entire point.
@@tink6225 Not sharing much wealth is he? Nothing wrong with getting yourself a nice house isn't an issue, but the house he got is luxury he afforded because of capitalism. I know we can't make any money without contributing, but socialist ideals would be that you get what you need and help other people get what they need with the rest. I don't care what he does with his money, I'm not into him in general, but the hypocrisy of that entire thing was roll-my-eyes-out-of-my-skull ridiculous.
THANK YOU!!! It pisses me off so much that people worship the ground he walks on for his “philanthropy” when in reality it’s exploitative and performative activism. I’ve read multiple testimonies online where he has offered support to charities but then later dumps them when they don’t want to be filmed or put in a video. It’s absolutely disgusting.
...uhhh well you see, in order for him to make a video about something interesting enough to get a return big enough for him to reinvest into a charity and his content, then he does kinda need them to be willing to collaborate and appear in a video. I think that's a pretty obvious financial cycle that he needs to get involved with, in order for his business model and main income method to survive.
@@Nimoes_archive That's fair I guess but that reinforces the fact that he donates for virtue points and not because he genuinly cares. He is giving in the expectation that he'll get something in return. Even though I haven't seen any of his videos, I have a feeling that he acts like he is donating out of the kindness of his heart. But again from a business standpoint, it's understandable. But from a decent person view, doesn't seem like a genuine person.
@@Nimoes_archive It’s inherently transactional, blatantly so. I don’t think you can call that charity, if you’re building a business around it. It’s very different to give to charity and get something in return vs give it charity so that you get something in return. He doesn’t have to give all his fortune lol but saying ‘oh, well if you’re not gonna be filmed then I will take my money elsewhere good sir’ when a charity doesn’t want to be the subject of a video is kinda shitty. You’d think the same of someone giving a homeless person $50 bucks on the condition they use it to sign up for a gym, then withdrawing it when that person then wants to use it on food.
I feel like people don't understand what criticism is? It's not "haters hating", it's taking a step back and looking at the pros and cons. Tiffany pointed out some good things MB does, along with the negative. Personally, I think idolising *anyone* on this planet not only leaves your judgement incredibly biased and invalid, it makes you vulnerable to manipulation. Stay critical. Don't be a sheep.
Tiffany, I’m a silent watcher usually for many years now and I just have to say I think this is the best analysis video you’ve ever made. You’ve put every thought I’ve been thinking into words, I never fully felt comfortable watching his videos, like they gave me the ick lol. Thank you so much for this.
I think Jimmy has just completely funneled himself into a TH-cam hole, but the issue is he's surrounded by yes men. Everyone around him hypes him up, his best friends work for him, his mom works for him. It seems like everything is Jimmy's way or no way at all. I've heard him talk about his recent girlfriend when asked about her and he replies with a checklist of things he needed before even pursuing a relationship with her, i know people have preferences but it was so regimental the way he spoke about vetting her before dating her. Then he got asked about having kids and replied with something about bill gates and elon musk having kids as billionaires. Idk all very strange, he's just turned into a machine. Sorry i don't have references for those clips, they get shown to me as shorts then i never see them again.
I think his start on youtube with those obnoxiously long videos of him counting and watching music videos for hours already made me see him as robotic. It almost seems like he in the end does anything for attention and admiration. Money is of course part of it but like with Musk he seems to have a fragile ego.
I think the "issue" is that he's just autistic about TH-cam. He just laser focused on that shit and has it as a top priority since then. I think more than "having turned into a machine", he was "like a machine" (basically "autistic" from neurotypical eyes), some people like "trains", he likes "TH-cam" so he just decided to "win at TH-cam"
That makes a lot of sense. There are avenues in life where extreme focus and dedication to the exclusion of all else can really pay off, but one of the lessons we all have to learn in being human is what our limits are and what healthy moderation is. I mean, right? I feel like our capitalist society rewards profit-seeking behavior this way, indeed like a game, as mentioned in the video. But if you're learning how to paint or something, that level of extreme focus (within limits: still pay your rent, and don't neglect your health or loved ones) would be really useful. But you're right that getting that far in makes him come off as a bit robotic.
so happy to see you talking about him. he’s one of those gray area people for me. my boyfriend watches his content occasionally and i have never really been able to communicate to my bf why i feel strange about him. you pointing out the evangelical stuff as a side note, maybe since i have a lot of religious trauma he turns me off for that reason… plus others. anyways, thank you for this!!
100% same here, I’ve never been able to exactly explain to my boyfriend what feels so off about the whole thing. It’s nice to see I’m not alone in that feeling.
@@EvaMiya you’re definitely not alone!! i don’t think less of my boyfriend for enjoying content that is literally engineered to retain attention (not really for my brain though, it’s too overstimulating) but then again i think that’s the whole ick for me, it being so calculated 🙂 we’re both the same age as Jimmy too, so it makes it even weirder for me
it’s crazy to me that you can amass a young impressionable audience of likely middle and high schoolers and then convince them you can do no wrong to the point that they’ll attack any criticism as being hate
He doesn't seem like much of a thinker. Stunning that he doesn't question his influence more, or have more consideration for the money-hunger aspect of his content. No depth or nuance. He strikes me as uncanny as those thumbnails. Good takes here, important points made 👏
"let me run this country like a company" i have something interesting to add to this. in my small country in central europe (czech republic) we had a presidental elections literally 2 weeks ago and one of the two candidates was a big populist businessman that owns 1/3 of media in our country. his motto was "run this country as a company". luckily he didn't win but we were all terrified of that scenario. so yeah, this quote isnt really lucky
@@tylere.8436 Yeah, kinda similar in some way. I'd say that Babiš is smarter than Trump (I'm saying this as someone who'd never vote for him) but there sure are similarities. He actually had the opportunity to "run the country like a company" when he was the prime minister (much more influential position than the president in our country) and it wasn't really all that good. Glad we didn't elect him now.
The same happened in Colombia last year, he was veeeery close, he ran his campaign from TikTok and refused to go to debates. Very scary. I'm glad this kind of people don't always get what they want
See it like this: if someone created the hunger games and made others do insane stuff for money, would they get praised for being very generous instead of wondering why tf the games exist in the first place?
It's kinda like how health insurance will make you do pointless shit just to recieve coverage. I follow this tik toker that has keratoconus and she had insurance that made her pay them like $1800 up front FIRST. Of course she didn't have that money so she had to scrap it together. And guess what they did? Reimburse her the money she had to pay them and then paid for her sceral lenses. But the kicker is WHY they even did that instead of just paying for them? Like bro.....! That tangent may have been a bit off topic but that's what your comment reminded me of.
@@sqeparo2854 does he or does he not parade people's problems in videos, and make them do crazy sht for money, instead of silently offering that money offline? 🤔 he literally recreated squid game so yeah im not off the mark
@@ShutUpStefana Tell me one thing that you consider "crazy shit" that comes even close to what is portrayed in the hunger games or squid game. Also if he does it offline, he can't make money, money that he can use to help more people
@@LIMERAGE he can still make crazy videos without exploiting people, wild i know. And tiffany already explained in her video how he can approach this subject of helping others a bit more ehtically so feel free to revisit that bit
this is one of the best videos covering mr beast. He preys on poor people to exploit them to benefit himself in the public eye, similar to how he also wants to take part in crypto scams. The fact that he does help people is a perfect way to deflect any criticism. Anyone who is capable of critical thought can see that he purposefully avoids discussing the reasons why capitalism fucks over so many people because people just want to watch game shows and be entertained and never have any real empathy for anyone else.
Lol not everything has to be blatantly politicized. If Mr. Beast came out and explicitly talked about conservative things in his videos you would not like that either. You just want him to be a talking head for your liberal viewpoints because that is the ideology you personally agree with.
Seeing your take vs Charlie's take is like night and day. I feel more inclined to agree that Mr Beast is not an angel like many other humans. He's not evil but. Hes not necessarily "for the good of the people" either.
@@Himanshi.Y oh lmao. Well basically just that people are being too hard on him about his most recent video. That even though it might seem cringe to some people to post it onto TH-cam, that what he did was ultimately good and shouldn't be questioned so deeply.
Honestly, considering the target audience, I'd much rather have teenage boys and young men look up to Mr Beast than Andrew Tate. Very low bar, but that's society for ya
Have you seen Pinely's video about Mr Beast and his many copycats? In this video Pinely explained how his little brother and his schoolmates are being brainwashed into wanting to get absurdly rich by these videos. It's also really bad tbh.
Sad thing is the kind of people that are fans of mr beast are also usually fans of people like andrew tate. It's a slippery slope for sure. They start admiring mr beast for his incredible wealth, and it's only a matter of time before they get into those crypto bros and "wanna be your own boss? become a millionaire?" dudes, and majority of those dudes (at least on the internet) also hold these toxic masculinity ideas that inevitably bleed into their content, so yeah, in the end, it's very easy for these kids to end up being fans of both. I'm not nearly smart enough to be able to articulate why this is, but it's such an interesting "coincidence" that these three types of content are usually linked together or at least promoted to people together.
Your suggestions for Mr. Beast doing ethical charity reminded me of Danny Gonzalez's giveaway video where he agonized over the ethics and practical concerns of giving away a car.
I’ve seen clips of his videos and been so irritated by his style I’ve never wanted to watch anymore. But then I’m not his audience, I’m very nearly 50.
I don't necessarily agree with all the "ick" people get, but I do get a little weirded out for the same reason you said. I don't care about motivations to do good as long as it gets done, but the amount of influence he has and his lack of transparency is...scary
I've seen him in other peoples videos, like I think Tom Scott talked to him in one video, but I've never even been suggested a mr beast video by the algorithm. Probably because it knows I'm not a 12 year old boy.
I miss the days when good deeds didn't need to be broadcasted to the internet. I also hate the "billionaires will save us" mentality. I know a lot of these deeds are a tax write-off, so they don't really spend a lot, and accumulate even more money for themselves.
The broadcast is what pays for it. I miss the days when people didn't sit around and complain cause someone did a good thing. Maybe you should spend more time helping others and not worry about what Mr. Beast does with his own time and money.
The last thing you mentioned really got me thinking about how this compares to what the Green Brothers do for charity. John and Hank Green have multiple companies that they’ve started, but both survive off the royalties from their books and their main company Complexly. Their other companies such as TH-cam Monetization, Crash Course, Awesome Socks and Awesome Coffee, those profits go to charity and they make sure to remind people constantly to support their missions to decrease child mortality in Sierra Leone (among many other large charity projects over the years). I believe John once said something along the lines of “I could be a lot richer, but I can survive off less, and make the world a better place” After just coming off the Project for Awesome charity livestream that raised 2.8 million dollars for charity this weekend, content like Mr. Beast videos make me feel sad. So much exploitation and guilt tripping to make sure content reaches certain numbers. It’s a disappointing outlook on life.
The cult of Mr.Beast gives me Bill Gates vibes, there was a stretch of time where Gates was one of the most “beloved” billionaires that you weren’t allowed to criticize because of how much Gates donated to charity, his foundations, and that he portrayed himself as an average guy.
I’ll add that at least Gates actively asks the public for real solutions, like funding competitions to solve problems in developing countries. Not just filming the needy in a “dance, monkey, dance” way. It still distracts from the systemic issues and shields him from criticism, but in a less tacky way.
@@mhawang8204 Wasn't bill gates on the epstein list? What a great way to compare Individuals knowing full well off the irony when it comes to children and resources.
I’m honestly even having a hard time getting through this video, that’s how much I avoid anything about Mr. Beast. But I always appreciate the Internet Analysis series so I’ll eventually make my way through it.
@@lyuba881 same, most people tend to only connect with what they see on screen and not analyze the whole picture. Can’t make my boyfriend understand that though lol I’m the same never was into him nor David Dobrik or these spreading positivity gurus. Behind the scenes is why I want to know. The lengths they go to create this content. I hope this did not come off as a hater on Mr. beast 😅
Champagne socialism like this is so funny. Who are you helping off screen? I'll say the same thing here that I always say two people who live in an ivory tower then yell at someone else in theirs. If you think what is doing is so wrong, go show him how to do it right. Talking about it does absolutely nothing.
The issue I have with his work “obsession” mentality is that if (and he certainly does) relies on a team, that pressure to work 10-15 hr days extends down the chain. Also, if he goes until he burns out, I imagine it leads to poor management and disrespect of others’ time if he decides to delay things on a whim instead of working in normal breaks and off-days
Thanks for breaking this down. The language around this left me uncomfortable but I couldn't quite articulate it. I think this is a very nuanced and reasonable take.
This Mr. Beast phenomenon has really proven to me the power and influence money has. It’s kind of frightening to know that you’re basically free of any true consequences for the actions you take that may harm people so long as you pay enough money.
@@chickenwing1016 Mr. Beast might be donating a lot of money, but that does not change the fact that he has repeatedly exploited people in need to gain that money. It’s not a black-and-white issue, but you’re allowed to disagree with his method of doing things.
What the hell are wrong with these critiques, he just wants to give out money and earn money too to recycle the money and give back again. Saying that he is "manipulative" is pure bs. If he gives out money to rich people you'd be saying that money deserves to be put into the poor, but if he gives money to the poor, you'd go mad and call it manipulative? He just wants to help people in the smallest ways and to entertain. Don't forget, he is an entertainer too, if he can't entertain then he can't give away money. While you guys here are criticizing, he is giving away money. You helped nothing in this world, while he gave away millions.
A youtuber called the blind surfer actually had a pretty good critique of Mr. Beast. Basically he said that not all kinds of blindness has a cure yet and now thanks to Mr. Beast most people falsely believe that there is a cure for all and any forms of blindess. And thanks to that there's going to be less donations for that research.
if anyone believes that, they are horribly ignorant and would never generate enough money to be able to help anyone. I also have a friend who's blind and he thought what Mr. Beast did was amazing.
@@josephcassini959hat's the problem tho it's possible, it's insane but yea, blind surfer still enjoyed what he did for those people and the fact that thus video exist is insane to me
As a teacher whos seeing firsthand the effect of social media on kids attention spans, i think the maximalist, fast-paced, overstimulating style of his videos is a perfect case study of just what is entrapping my kids attention
watching those interviews where he was talking about his work ethic and how much he obsesses over his work really just makes me want to tell this man about therapy. I think he would benefit from that
17:04 That's such a hilariously bad faith take, I'm not even sure it's not bad reading comprehension. What MrBeast is doing here is presenting an additional viewpoint that could potentially persuade those who might not be moved by other arguments (such as those based on moral or humanitarian grounds). This is generally a good idea, if you're actually trying to achieve something.
yes! i was trying to put how i felt about tiffany's point here into words but you did it perfectly. the government is not gonna do things out of the goodness of their heart, mr beast was only commenting on how providing treatment would literally benefit the gov by adding more people into the workplace.
This isn't explotation. MrBeast is a TH-camr. His income relies solely on his videos. Because his acts of charity relies on the videos he makes recording it is nessacry. Yall can say "well he could make some ridulcous video and use those profits" well that what he does but that's not enough. He only famous simply cause his video are large and extravagant he probably one of the few TH-camrs with a production team the resembles Hollywood. That cost lots of money. He a private enterprise giving help to people in exchange he video what he done. You don't see lawn care companies on youtube get called this. Yall are only saying it expolation cause he famous, How do you know he hasn't done tons of other acts that weren't videoed. I am a fire fighter heir are many events that occur that never even gets mention on social media. I mean the fact only that many ex employees speak positively about him says a lot and the fact he doesn't always makes dumb videos and actually better people lives says more. I mean you got 700k subscribers all you do is provide commentary while you may volunteer your time to something donate small sum of money MR beast is help thousands in one video.
@@berenikaczerniak5376 Well that still doesn't justify her advertising a mobile game. That's like me saying that chocolate is bad for you and you shouldn't eat it, while eating it.
@@isimperialist she doesn't do it in a video in which she exploits others people's hurt. That's the difference. What he's doing is ethicly questionable... The fact that he still does it even tho he doesn't need money earned this way. He already earns a lot just by making this video since he's a much bigger youtuber, he doesn't need to do questionable things to make good money, he decides to. The problem isn't the ad itself but combining it with the content of his video.
@@berenikaczerniak5376 I would say criticizing someone for "shamelessly advertising" without knowing if those funds are going to the charity too is ridiculous, and her advertising a mobile game on top of that is absolutely disgusting.
@@berenikaczerniak5376 I he didn't monetize it, he wouldn't have the money to do it. Its a shit cycle that ultimately ends in good. Its not ethically questionable in the least. If I had his kinda money I wouldn't give it to anyone, now that's ethically questionable.
I used to work in nonprofit marketing and I really appreciate the nuance of this video. There's a constant balance between wanting to move people to donate more vs. not wanting to misrepresent or exploit the people being helped. We can track that data really closely--particularly heart-wrenching stories, images of someone receiving a specific item the donation is paying for, or disasters that are getting a lot of press motivate people to donate significantly more than, say, images of recipients just smiling (this is true even for people who are already long-time or high-value donors). When you know you can feed 1000 more people with a dramatic photo, it becomes really difficult to choose a plain one, because the consequence of that choice is on your mind. That being said I do think it's important to have nuanced discussions like these, especially since Mr. Beast has stated that this is a content strategy, and especially since his net worth is growing exponentially. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing--I would love for every 'hey you'll never believe this' TH-camr to be leaving a positive impact. But as you said, two things can be true at once: he can be doing good for strangers and also profiting in a way he wouldn't on a different video. He can make a hugely positive individual impact while also unintentionally spotlighting some systemic failures that deserve discussion. I think it's a mistake for both Mr. Beast and his fans to equate any criticism of the system or discussions on ethics to be an attack on him. As someone who's worked extensively with nonprofits and is on the board of one now, I think one of the biggest things that gets overlooked is staying power: how impactful your donation is after you're done, and how it ripples outward to those you didn't impact directly. The lowest on the scale might be giving someone a sum of money. This is a great thing to do, but once the money is spent, it's spent. It also doesn't usually grow since people receiving it probably don't have the means/knowhow to make it last longer: they have immediate needs that the money goes toward. These surgeries are a middle-of-the-road option: they only impact the people receiving surgery, but their lives are positively impacted even after Mr. Beast leaves. A way he could add more staying power to this might be: - setting up a fund whose interest pays for additional surgeries every year - harnessing his audience to start a petition for these surgeries to be free or at least covered more broadly by insurance, etc. - connecting viewers with resources for probono surgery in their area or funding options if someone they know is in need of it - linking to related charities and encouraging his followers to donate - giving the people in his video the option of giving their 'prize' (ex: $10k) away so that others can receive the surgery, and when they do so giving money to both the recipient and the other party - etc. These are off the top of my head, I'm sure there are many others. The last category of staying power is when the ripples of a donation become far greater than the donation itself. Microloan organizations are a great example of this. There's a story from Kiva about a couple who got a loan to expand their farm. Then the next year they had extra yield so they got a loan to open a small restaurant in town, where they use items grown at their farm in their cooking. Then they had trouble getting all the produce back and forth so they got a loan for a bike to transport it, and now the husband runs a part-time bike taxi service. Not only were all of these loans (rather than donations), so they were repaid and that money can now be used to help other people, but this financial helping hand also provided benefit to the local community, who now have a restaurant with farm-to-table offerings, and a low-cost bike taxi that serves the entire town. I'd love to see Charity Influencers delving into this third category more often, especially since microloans are something even a young viewer could participate in and help alleviate suffering in the world. Also lastly: while the 'it would be good ROI' might seem cold or contradictory, I think it's actually helpful. People who care about humanity won't care about the cost of doing what's right; they just want to do it. But unfortunately there's a large section of the population who are constantly asking 'what's in it for me' (as that creepy poll showed). It can be powerful to point out to those people that it actually does benefit them to help others. Sometimes that fact is the only thing that gets a key, life-altering or life-saving change or fund or policy approved. In an ideal world that thinking wouldn't even be a factor, but unfortunately it is. And if 'it would actually save you money' is the thing that makes this surgery available to everyone in the US, I don't mind it being said.
It's because of their bullshit semantics, specifically how they exploit the definition of exploitation (yes I wanted to use the word multiple times in a phrase) in order to moral grandstand people for dopamine
SunnyV2 does NOT deserve an apology Like imagine instead of Anus it was Drake instead and instead of being transphobic he was just being racist like ?????? Edit:Yes Chris is not trans and is only fetishizing the trans community (confirmed by his sister) but like 😯 that shouldn't exuse him being transphobicccc I mean he knew NOTHING about Chris and replace him with an actual trans person and he would've acted the same- That's why he doesn't deserve an apology. He's doing fine
@@Gooeymoose"Yall the rap community is doomed because the most popular guy there is *BLACK!* " *"Uses hate comments and comments with racial slurrs to confirmed his point as 'proof' bc why not"* "BREAKING DRAMA:Drake is a pedoooooo-" "NIGHTIEU3 WAS RIGHT HE DESERVES AN APOLOGY!"
The comment about how the government would benefit financially from helping blind people could be a good point to note that even a society that does typically value money above all is so ableist that we would rather push disabled people to the side than notice the “objective” points. I’d compare it to pointing out that the bible isn’t literally homophobic in an attempt to argue that lgbtq people deserve to live. If all you can do is try to meet people where they are and destroy them with facts and logic then i guess sometimes you have to start somewhere. But it really sounds like that’s just his own opinion and that’s the icky part
All the "mega TH-camrs" make me feel weird no matter what. The fact that they have to go bigger and bigger ("selflessness" doesn't seem to make them immune to this), seems to me like a recipe for it some time (or maybe it already has) to go too far. Because in the end, it's about views. If people won't watch it, Mr. Beast won't do it. This very fact is why I call BS on his supposed selflessness. There are so many ways people like him can act on purely humanistic desires to serve the world that don't involve an audience.
Why are so many people complaining that MrBeast is doing charitable work and helping so many people, like yes he profits off of his videos but then he puts that money back in the next videos where he helps even more people, that’s how investment works. Also making healthcare free won’t solve the issue because then taxes will go up so the government can pay the healthcare workers and the quality of healthcare will just go down.
Free healthcare would literally destroy his channel because he profits off of the problems that our healthcare system creates. Like most European countries, their universal healthcare system is far better than ours. If we the people are funding our own government healthcare, we would also have the power to make it much better than what it is today
@@ispilloil Not true, if you actually watch his channel then you would know he does challenges and competitions, he also gives people a lot of money in his other videos where he opens a free store, a free restaurant, or when he just gives random people his credit card. So if free healthcare exists then he just wouldn’t make the video where he pays for people’s surgery.
You get all of your information about Mr. Beast from Tiffany. Of course she is going to tell you what she wants you to hear to fit her agenda for the video. @@ispilloil
Ah man all I can think of is how brave Tiffany is for even posting this video, knowing that Mr. Beast stans will likely see this & be all kinds of shitty in the comments. I really like that you took a nuanced approach to criticizing his content & intentions, as you always do on topics. Sadly though I don’t think most people who feel strongly one way or the other about Mr. Beast will take the time to watch the whole video & think critically about your points. Sending good vibes hoping your comment section doesn’t get swamped 😞
@@cole9547 hot take: Steve jobs is a good person because he donated to charity the money he made from potential child labour. Imagine twisting the good deed of a good person smh
I cannot even begin to describe how happy I am that you made this video. You articulated this critique so well, here's hoping it goes viral. 🤞It is so hard seeing so many people say "we're not mad at Mr. Beast, we're mad at the system" Babes he IS the system. 🤧
Thank you for this comment, Skylar! We literally had to rewrite this script THREE TIMES to make sure that what we were saying articulated not only our feelings on the topic, but also gathering data and evidence to back up our position. It's hard to speak critically (not negatively!) on a beloved TH-camr (especially one as influential as MrBeast) when the conversation surrounding him lacks nuance and debate.
@@sheridensmith oof, it's definitely a sticky situation but you guys did a great job! I'm personally really hoping that your hard work can help the conversation pivot from "he did absolutely nothing wrong." to ATLEAST "wow, I guess more than one thing can be true."
Such a well-written and informative video Tiffany! Literally had never seen a Mr Beast video before this, but I think the thing that bothers me the most about him is the lack of transparency with his "good deeds". No one's arguing that he's not helping people, but don't pretend that you're doing all this at no benefit to you. Just because he's morally better than the Ace family doesn't make him a saint. He can do good while still being critiqued at the way he goes about doing that good.
As a Black woman who is visually impaired, I find that he did help those individuals. What I have an issue with is the way the video portrays this falsehood of blindness being cured. Yes, he may not have said it but the context that people will take will nonetheless. I feel that race and privilege cannot be denied here either. Mr. Beast is very rich and his privilege allows him to be wealthy. I understand he helped people but if you have to be public about helping people, then that will come across as not authentic. I have received some not so nice comments about Mr. Beast. Some telling me I'm mad that he hasn't solved world hunger. It's not about that. It's about the privilege that Mt. Beast has to wealthy. Plus he's a WHITE wealthy guy. Meaning most Black individuals wouldn't be able to reach his status without some heavy fighting to get there. I don't have an issue with Mr. Beast as a person. What I have an issue with is the click bait, presentation and privilege.
I imagine it must suck to be a straight white man in 2023, where nobody can quantify the sum of your privilege vs. your own hard work, but it's assumed that nothing you've achieved is based on your own merit.
You live in the least racist country in the entire world (assuming you live in America). You are assuming Mr. Beast started with a whole production: he did not. If you watched his old videos, which you obviously did not and only got your information from Tiffany in the video, you would have observed that Mr. Beast did not start with a lot of money, but he instead worked harder than other youtubers and took a fair share of risks to get to where he is. Obviously, you are using your race as an excuse to not work as hard and to feel oppressed. Your argument on black people being at a disadvantage in today's society in social media is an obvious lie. Two of the biggest streamers today are Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed, both of whom are black.@@kaishawna3753
Wow, I've managed to exist on the Internet and have this TH-cam user since TH-cam has existed without ever getting a Mr Beast recommendation. Clearly, the algorithm knows me. All I know about his channel is from channels like these, of Internet analyses.
The algorithm knows me and has never recommended him to me. My TV that has TH-cam is another matter! Along the banner it always pops up with his videos because it’s taking from the most popular, not my algorithm. I’ve still not watched his videos, but I can see how he gets so many views when it’s kids who probably don’t have an account or are using a parents account or something.
I don't think Tiffany understands MrBeast very well, and a lot of these criticisms have underlying assumptions. For example - the idea that philanthropy and helping others must always be selfless. While morally, I'm sure most of us would prefer that or preach that, in practice, very few of us actually practice pure charity. I don't know a single person in my personal life that would give away significant parts of their personal assets to charity. If pure charity were something appealing on its own, things like fundraisers wouldn't be invented. Why do we need to get a prize in order to help out those in need? It's because most people are self-interested, and to hold billionaires, world leaders or anyone else on a pedestal is a bigger problem - that's when you truly create a hero complex b/c nothing is ever good enough. The irony is she's criticizing Jimmy for pretending to be a hero and saying we don't need a hero, while holding him to standards that would actually make him a hero. So is the real problem that we don't need a hero, or that he's just not living up to your exacting standards of what a true hero looks like? Anyone in a western country is immensely wealthy compared to the rest of the world. How many of us are giving away our personal assets to help solve hunger or poverty? We can certainly afford to. It's really easy to criticize - corporations, the system, billionaires, other people etc. MrBeast is on another level of wealth, but if you want to start criticizing, BE the change you want to see. Instead of asking for patrons for your videos, give that money to charity.
So.. the man pays for free cataract surgery and you say it's exploitation. OF is exploitation. Your critique of Mr Beast is exploitation for self gain. Who is worse? Someone who is actually helping others, or someone complaining about how others help people? And then she goes on to sell merchandise!? Hmmmm.
I think his heart is in the right place, but I do agree he could go about his intentions in a better way (like how you mentioned that he should be more discreet when helping people). Not bashing Jimmy, just some constructive criticism.
my mum works for a food bank/giving charity that values the privacy of the recipients so much. The whole process means that any recipient will never have to see anybody working at the charity unless they choose to and will have their anonymity guarded. She always found MrBeasts videos exploitative as she realises the not so much embarrassment of your struggles being shared but the all around lack of boundaries and privacy for the people in his videos. Whilst you don't "have" to appear on video and join in with the videos, the overall condition of getting help means having your struggles broadcasted to the world is a real problem, and i think people move to defending MrBeast so fast without realising the exploitative nature of his and many other youtubers charity work.
I feel like since your “video essays are melting my brain” essay, it seems like you’ve become a lot more relaxed and confident, I hope you’re feeling a bit of weight off your shoulders like it seems. Nuanced perspective doesn’t come for free and I’m always glad to see it.
MrBeast has commanded my mind for the past three-ish weeks while researching this, so... I'm glad it's finally finished lmao. Hope y'all enjoy!! // Download Love & Pies here: pixly.go2cloud.org/SH3fI. Thanks to Love & Pies for sponsoring!
‘commanded’ LMAO 💀💀
That's the voice of the messiah!
I am not a fan of Mr Beast and I agree with most of your critisms. However, when we´re always enveloped by gloom and doom, some of these stories can feel nice, like a great way to escape. Which is what bothers me about the criticism, you assume that even the adults who defend him are just confused or don´t understand the systemic problems. Maybe they´re just trying to escape from the horrible distopic world we live in, in which even when you try to change things it doesn´t work. So seeing someone at least do something nice, should feel at least a bit nice. I can be a bit dishearting for everything to be critized and therefore nothing can be at least a bit good, everything has to be tainted by "evil/bad" things. Also obviously as an American youtuber, you didn´t include other countries but that might be beyond the scope of your video. I guess I feel this way, because sometimes informing about an issue isn´t enough to change it.
@SuperVondi I want to see you make complex commentary with no logical flaws then
Found the Mr beast deek rider
@@marielcarey4288 I can't sit through a Mr Beast video but I love ppl who are generous.
Now to your other points, Mariel, so anyone who doesn't agree with your Tiff here is a D rider? Check. Wow what an intellectual comeback. Are you 11 yo?
And I didn't set out to make a 40 minute commentary on someone helpful while doing lazy research. Tiffany decided to create this video, not me, so it's viewers' rights to have an opinion and her job to do proper research before saying negative things about someone. Yeah roast MB..but come intelligently which she didn't.
Now calm down before you get a panic attack, Karen.
This video aged beautifully
I'm a Canadian optometrist and I refer patients for this surgery multiple times a month as almost everyone gets cataracts eventually. In Canada this surgery is covered and I find it crazy that if you do not have the insurance/cash for the surgery in certain countries, you are left go to blind :'(
Yeah I don’t even think I’ll live to 35 bc of this
@@KatBurnsKASHKA I'm American and I'm ashamed that I live in a country that's simultaneously the richest country in the world yet lets its citizens suffer and die from preventable diseases/injuries/etc because "healthcare is not a right" or whatever. It's disgusting.
Isn't Canada pushing euthanasia on citizens, in order for less people to exist so they won't have to pay for their healthcare?
@@Silvermoon424 all countries' regimes use their citizenry as beasts of burden, only kept alive to do the dirty work for the elites. american politicians just take it a step further.
@@Silvermoon424 it’s not the richest country anymore. I don’t think it has been for a while. Not even the top ten now. It’s propaganda. It’s got several of the worlds richest people, but that’s not the same thing.
my god the dislike ratio on this video really illustrates how hostile mr. beast defenders have been since forever
Fr tho they still on twitter defending him tb he does charity
disliking a video isn’t toxic 😭😭
@@Sundilio okay Mr. Beast supporter
An effect of the "cult of personality" he cultivates... among teenagers.
@@justanothermortal1373 how am i his fan?
Mr. Beast asking to see the tent of someone experiencing homelessness speaks to at least a level of inauthenticity to his empathy. As someone who grew up in poverty, I can’t IMAGINE someone asking to see my childhood home so others (in much better conditions) could gawk at my living conditions. How heartbreaking for that man. I hope he is doing well.
same here. imagine having it recorded for millions to see
its basically "ill give you this money if you prove to me how pathetic your life is"
@@everfluctuating he literally said “homeless people don’t care if i use them for views!” he definitely knows what he’s doing.
Yeah that was very gross... I'll give him a little slack since that was awhile ago, but still you'd think he should still have had the tact to know that was a disrespectful thing to ask.
Did you notice that he also said something to the extent of “TELL THEM that you don’t care and are actually grateful and happy”. Not his words, obviously, but he made that man says that he was okay with what he was doing, like duh dude what do you expect from him, saying “I would prefer to not be filmed” and, by doing so, reject the money? Which is the sickest part to me.
Man, this video aged well. It's really jarring to me that he'd want to work to make sure he had a decade's worth of content if he had a month left to live. The charitable videos he does are inspiration and poverty pr0n. It's sad finding haters in the comment section.
Just remember, any donations are also tax write offs. Sure, it's being donated but just remember that it's not completely selfless. Rich people can donate in private, but why would they if it can reduce their taxes???
So?
People that usually donate nothing are always barking that shite out like it invalidates them, while giving you cover for basically donating your self-righteous takes.
They can give in private in the US and still gain. It’s still a tax write off as long as they claim it as such and it’s the right kind of charity.
@@jaybee4118 Ohh true!! I guess what i'm mixing up is.. why privately donate when you can publicly donate for monetary gain
Either that or he is writing it off as a business expense.
At this point hes being paid by the irs
Related to the exploitation - I went to a food bank today because I didn’t have another choice and not only was it in a church and “you need to join and be saved” was shoved in my face, it was also being filmed for.. some reason. Nothing feels more dehumanising than effectively begging for food and being filmed doing it
That sucks I'm sorry
Oh nooo
That's so gross, I'm so sorry you experienced that.
that's so fucked up. sorry for this.
OMG I'm so sorry
mr beast critiques are refreshing and make me feel sane
Seriously!! He is not that great of a person. He's still a multi millionaire y'all. He often doesn't actually give out the money, it's a cycle
I watched penguin0 for the first time and holy liberals the comments made me feel like I was going crazy 😭
By the way people talked about him, I didn’t think he would be a lib.
yes especially bc i use reddit and the way they gas him on there scares me LMAOO
Thank god it's not just me. He creeps me out in such a detached dystopian way
same. he’s always given me such a strange vibe and i felt like nobody else thought the same thing lol. his “generosity” gets him a lot of PR, money, success and opportunities. i did not for a second believe that someone was just handing out money out of the goodness of their heart. if they were, they wouldn’t be monetizing or making a profit
I’m an ophthalmic technician so a huge part of my job on a daily basis is working with cataract patients and educating them about cataracts. There are a few things that were odd to be in the mr beast video. 1) The phrasing of the title and concept in general. Cataracts do not make people blind. They DO impair vision to varying degrees depending on the person and how long they’ve had the cataract. It’s VERY rare for cataracts to completely obstruct vision. For reference, 20/20 is “normal” vision, and majority of people who I do exams on are seeing about 20/40-20/80 with cataracts that have been there for years. Furthermore, most of the time, they are able to correct this visual disturbance with glasses or contacts. It may not completely correct to 20/20 but MOST people are still using correction to see on a daily basis. For reference, 20/200 or worse qualifies a person as “legally blind”. I understand that any disruption to vision is frustrating and I agree, it was a very nice gesture and I’m sure it helped a lot of people. I also agree that we need universal healthcare and anyone should be able to have the procedure if needed. The problem is how he’s selling it, he’s making it seem like these people are truly blind and can’t see anything, when that’s just not statistically possible in 1,000 people with cataracts. I should mention idk if maybe to qualify for his video you needed to be seeing at a certain point or something along those lines which would make sense. 2) there is absolutely no way that right after the surgery they were seeing perfectly. They will see better than before surgery, but it has to heal a bit before the vision is clear. Our clinic sees the patients the next day for a postop and majority of patients say it wasn’t until a few hours later or the next morning that they noticed a clear difference. So I think that the reactions are either forced or he just chose the few people who happened to notice a big difference immediately after. 3) This may be different in different states, but in my state our malpractice insurance won’t let us operate in both eyes on the same day because if, for some rare but possible reason, the surgery didn’t take it caused complications, both eyes won’t be affected only one would be. We even see the patients back about a week after to check and make sure the eye is doing well to give us the ok to do the second eye. To my knowledge, most other clinics operate the same way. And in conclusion lol, I agree I think posting your good deeds is just tacky, he could have totally made an Instagram post or something if he wanted his fans to know, but the performance of the whole video is just off putting for me.
thank you for all this information!
Thank you so much for this! I was also wondering about complications in general, I'm not an expert but google tells me there's a somewhat significant percentage of patients that experience posterior capsule opacification? That's something that would develop after a while, right? So what would that mean in this context, more surgery? additional treatments? and what happens if it goes untreated? is it "just" that patients lose their vision again or would there be more significant consequences?
@@user-es7ui5mc1m i’m not the original commenter, but I am in my 2nd year of optometry school and we just learned about PCO. It’s often treated with a YAG laser procedure, which is different from a cataract surgery and much less invasive. if PCO is left untreated, for the most part the patient just is stuck with another cataract from what I remember learning. There are plenty of other complications that can occur from cataract surgery that need to be monitored for by a qualified practitioner.
Oh wow, this comment really put things into even better perspective. Thank you for explaining this! I thought it was weird he was saying they were blind and I thought maybe some of them were just legally blind (I don't know much about eyes at all), but seeing that it's unlikely that most of them were makes it so much more icky.
@@heather9140 tysm, this was super helpful! i really hope that behind the scenes he and his team pay for follow-up appointments/monitoring and that they help the people that experience complications but i'm doubtful...
not just mr beast, but i also hate those "take $1,000 or give the next person $10,000" videos, where the person who chooses to pass gets the $10k as well
most of the time, the people who take the $1k are those who desperately need it - single parents with mouths to feed, people in debt, medical bills to pay. they're breaking down on camera and expressing all their gratitude because that $1k will drastically change their lives
being offered $1k and being able to afford saying no is a privilege. yes, of course it's selfless as well. but not everyone can _afford_ to be selfless, especially those who have dependents relying on them.
"not everyone can afford to be selfless" loved that.📌
Only in America do people get mad at someone for giving someone 1k. Babies whining in the internet, contributing nothing to society. Complaining about how their country sucks. Most of the world is working hard and still starving. Be thankful for a second and go produce value in the world.
MrBeast helps those. Get your value mimi issac
@@pandoraOR no one is denying that, but whilst that's great, what we're saying is that he (as someone with a lot of influence, therefore power, money & resources) should do something to help change the systems that leave people in those positions. A handout is great, it really is, but if he wants to help, he's gonna need to do more than sport a lucky few.
@@jennifergeorge7280 “oNlY iN AmEriCa” 🤡
I think people are getting defensive of Mr. Beast without understanding that he's part of a larger systemic failure. We wouldn't *need* people like Mr. Beast if we didn't live in a failing society that didn't take care of its most vulnerable while letting billionaires and huge companies exploit people. It's great that Mr. Beast is helping people, but it's like when you read those "feel-good" stories that are actually really depressing once you think about it.
Like no, it's actually really not heartwarming that a 9-year-old girl had to organize a huge bake sale to pay for her brother's wheelchair or that a group of employees banded together and donated all of their sick leave to their coworker who has cancer. Those people should be getting taken care of but they're not because we live in a dystopia.
Classic plead for an utopia but have no solution comment
@@2nerC9 there is a solution. the us is not the only place on earth and other countries have actually managed to provide universal healthcare so this would not be needed.
@@2nerC9 one person writing out the solutions on a youtube comment is redundant , the comment is to discuss their opinions, not a plea for systemic change
That’s not his fault though.. Why criticize Mr. Beast for systemic failures that he has no control over rather than praise him for actually helping people? He himself criticized the government for not helping those blind people
To be clear I’m not a Mr. Beast fan I’ve literally never watched one of his videos, I’m just wondering why does he get criticized for our government failing to help people. I understand it’s not as heartwarming as it should be because at the end of the day it’s sad that some TH-camr had to step in and help them but idk hey at least he helped them.
That closing statement about waiting for billionaires to save us was so poignant. "they will not dismantle the system that enriches them".
@@triplea7536It doesn't enrich me, so not everyone?
@@triplea7536I didn't say I would fare better, you said it enriches everyone, but it doesn't me, so it doesn't enrich everyone.
@@triplea7536Everybody has food? Sure, we produce enough food to feed the entire Earth, but we don't have the infrastructure to transport that food. In large portions of Africa that are heavily underdeveloped thousands of people are starving. Not everyone has food, or access to basic medicine. Starvation is an actual issue to thousands of people around the globe and is a very big issue. But instead of spending the resources to move the food that we produce which is enough to feed more than 1 Earth, we instead just spend money to make sure we produce more food. Saying starvation isn't even an issue, is stupid, because it is. The reason it is an issue isn't because we don't have enough food, the issue is we don't have the infrastructure to transport it to where it is needed.
@@triplea7536 I'm not sure you know what I am talking about. My point is you said the system enriches everyone, but since it does not me, it doesn't enrich everyone.
@@triplea7536 You forgot that your original point is that it enriches everyone, and since many people in Africa, and all over the world do starve, have hundreds of financial issues, some not even being to support themselves financially, capitalism world broad does not enrich everyone. But let's continue, think of why the US is so rich. 1. Very good geography protected on both sides by oceans and had good relationships with its neighbors. Meanwhile in the US you have every possible climate and terrain, from swamps to mountains, to deserts and artic. The US is also extremely rich in resources it has abundant oil, gold, iron, and silver. Also the reason why food is so cheap and abundant in a western country like the US is because the US produces a massive surplus of food, the US produces enough food to feed itself 2 times over, and since there's not a high demand in food it becomes very cheap. But then you realize that some individuals can't even afford this cheap food, its not impressive if a country that produces enough food to feed itself twice can't fully feed its entire population. Also not everyone has a house or a decent job, so assuming everyone is enriched by capitalism is an inherently flawed idea. Again my point is that not everyone is enriched by the system, which you seem to think everyone is. Although I only used the US as an example, most western countries do have people in it who starve, or find it very hard to get a good job. Massive corporations like Amazon do abuse their workers human rights, there is even evidence that Amazon uses child and sweat shop labor, would you call that enriching to those sweat shop workers and children? No. Capitalism does not inherently enrich everyone in existence or everyone in a western country. Again my point is the system does not enrich everyone like you believe it to.
Kinda reminds me of the adventure time episode where Finn and Jake decide to give away their wealth but Jake ends up throwing money at the citizens, making then do increasing uncomfortable tasks because "they're doing it voluntarily for money"
What “evil” things has Mr beats forced people to do huh? Name an example
Lol they didn’t use the word ‘evil’, nor did they say that’s exactly what Jimmy does, try again.
One of the most uncomfortable episodes of the show. Hence me never watching Mr. Beast 😅
oh no, you got the mrbeasters in the replies
What uncomfortable dances has MrBeast forced anyone to do? Have access to water? Be able to see?
"homeless people dont care if i use them for views" insane that this clip exists and that he uploaded it himself
It's a joke you goof
At the same time, the views are the one's that funded MrBeast being able to help said homeless person. He needs the views to keep going.
tiffany: explain mobile game manipulate people to spend their money
also tiffany: promote mobile game ads💀
You saw that video too 🤣
You can also play mobile games and know manipulative tactics to not pay for in-app purchases? I play mobile games for at least 15 years and 'm not gonna stop even if I know those tactics, I'm just gonna enjoy playing free game without spending money lol
@@PinPinkakathe difference is she actively promoted the ads, going against what she said. Plus in your case, if you play any mobile games with ads then you are giving them money.
@@xjood805 I honestly don't remember where she did go against mobile games so I'm not gonna touch on that. But I'm from gaming industry, as a tester/game designer in mobile games. I played LOTS of mobile games and not every mobile game is bad money grabbing, you have to look through unfortunately and yes, they need money to make games, you also have to pay for food, internet or other stuff to have something in return.
Mobile games are generally free but developers need money to make the same games, to not loose their jobs. I wish games would be less money hungry but this economy sucks and developers rely on different tactics. Not defending low-effort prototype, full ads games but I hope you understand where I'm coming from.
I'm happy with supporting good, creative games. If Tiffany likes the games she promotes then good for her, she also needs money to make videos, to pay for her rent. And I'm happy to not see other sponsors like betterhelp and other iffy stuff tbh than mobile games.
But that's just my opinion
People gotta pay their bills 🤷🏻 It's not because she has the predisposition to get addicted to mobile games that it's a poison we can't take it or else it will happen the same lol I actually don't even believe lots of people clicks their links and starts playing because of them so whatever who actually cares, I hate cucumbers with my life but I'd 100% do the best ad for cucumbers ever with lots of eating for 80 bucks np. Hypocrisy is bad but the one she's doing is just a lame type of hypocrisy, people's just fine.
I know absolutely nothing about mr beast, but am I still gonna watch this 40 minute video essay about him? Absolutely !
by the end of it we will all know too much!
@@tiffanyferg it’s not the internet if we don’t tbh
Like same.
god i wish i was you
Hahaha, same! I could watch Tiffany rant against capitalism for days 😜 I'm not even American but she's definitely influenced the way I think about things.
The other part of that "ROI" statement that really gets me is the infantilization that blind people or visually disabled people cannot work. A lot CAN work especially with proper accommodations. But then I'll go down a rabbit hole comment of how inaccessible our society is 😭
nah you're so right. i'm a disabled person who currently can't work because i don't know how to get proper accomodations (my condition is currently undiagnosed bc the medical system is very slow). it's not that i'm incapable, i just have needs that nondisabled people don't have
Thank you for making this point TwT I had to hold myself back cause otherwise I'd get too upset at some of the other comments in here. There are so many people I know who would love to participate in "The Economy" but are locked out because of the workplace's inablility or unwillingness to accomadate them :/
@@grimmgoosegoose216 i mean you still participate in the economy regardless of whether your in the workplace or not
My mother is blind and she gets up and goes to work just like me or anyone else. She was always able to work, but struggled to find a workplace willing to employ her. Now she works at a nonprofit that is specifically employing disabled people... and they are exploiting the shit out of them. It's fucked up but they cannot do anything: either this or unemployment. She had a cataract surgery before and it didn't go as planned. Hopefully those 1000 people got some of their eyesight back and didn't get worse than before like her sight did.
@piarateking8094 Semantics. Tell that to a disabled vet or homeless person who is used being called lazy because they don't have insurance to treat the preventable ailment that is preventing them from participating in a workforce that provides the insurance necessary to treat that ailment.
this reminds me of that news story where people were giving their vacation days to cowowkers so they could have a maternity leave. if only there were a government able to provide people with basic human needs…
Similar to the “heart warming” story of the teachers at one school donating all their holiday/sick days to a colleague who’d used up all of her own because she had to have cancer treatment.
well there are many goverments able to provide basic human needs. the us government just isn't interested in following suit.
@@hattarapilvi I’m aware, I live in canada 🙃
it's exactly that one "he raises money to stop the orphan-killing-machine" tweet. but nobody questions why does it exist in the first place
One of my coworkers was gravely injured in accident and we were given the option to donate our vacation/sick days to him. I work in billing, the company made 2 million that MONTH and is a subsidiary of an even larger and more profitable corporation. On the bright side, if we make over 2.2 million in sales this month, we'll finally get a water cooler for the office 🤦
Watching this video after the video that a former editor of his made, this has literally reenforced just how right my gut had been about him since I saw my brother watching him six years ago.
As a university student graduating with a degree in creative and professional writing hearing you talk about the production level of some videos and saying "The best part of the video is the writing" made my heart and brain so happy.
Study the works and words of the great thomas Sowell. A living legend in economics and brilliant mind all around
😂 LOL good luck on your career as an overeducated barista
The weirdest thing I've learned about mr beast was at the Flagrant podcast, where he talked about how how he spends all his free time reading books and watching documentaries. It's all about learning and improving himself as person...but then you watch his videos and it's the complete opposite of that. It's just shallow, dull and obnoxious reality tv.
He said on that same podcast that he puts up a character so the videos do better on TH-cam. Sorry to burst your bubble but 90% of TH-camrs put up a fake persona
It's just a persona. That's how entertainment biz works
Had to skip the clips from the homeless man video. I can see why kids don't understand and like his videos, but I genuinely couldn't NOT see the exploitation.
Edit: Would love to see a video about charities and their problems.
Pretty sickening to watch, I wish I hadn't.
Same, I couldn’t watch it.
It was pretty hard to watch.
God forbid homeless people have to do some sort of labor to get something.
@@dolorousjohn5499 God forbid people have empathy for those in need
He didn't even address the cause of the problem... that in even the wealthiest nations, you only deserve care if you have wealth/money. So the root cause is never mentioned, discussed. Instead we get a "solution" to the problem of people not having healthcare they need... rely on the slim hope that maybe a wealthy person will do some philanthropy and you may be one that benefits. Maybe (=very slim chance). All this does is normalize this misconception that rich people will save the unfortunate, a completely irrational conclusion.
Exactly! And all I see from conservatives are straw men built atop the people critiquing the system and the need for Beast to HAVE to do this, but it constantly gets reframed as people attacking a guy going out of his way to do some good in the world.
So well put!
Are you unironically upset that Mr. Beast did not overthrow the globalized economy?
Look up “noblesse oblige”
@@bowserwithagun7338 can you read bruh?
Thanks for this. I'm not blind, but have a chronic eye condition which along the way has given me cataracts, and I have had them removed (thankfully I'm in Europe so this didn't cost me financially). When I saw the video, I assumed he would be helping people in countries where they have less medical infrastructure in place, maybe in very rural areas, like Médecins Sans Frontières do, but never did I think it'd be in the US. Honestly that's incredibly dystopian, that in the developed world you would need to have your medically necessary surgery funded by a youtuber for views online, with no privacy to deal with the stress of the operation itself or the potential complications.
Am I happy he helped people? Oh very much so, yes. Am I happy they had to turn to him for help because they had no other way? God no. That is frankly disturbing. I'm so sorry that you're dealing with this, US folk. You deserve better.
Side note, after cataract removal, glaucoma is a common long-term complication. One that I have, in one of my eyes. Cataracts are the world's leading cause of blindness, and glaucoma is number two on that list. I wonder if he will be quite as happy to fund their boring, non-attention-grabbing long-term treatment for them to keep their regained vision, in the form of prescription eyedrops, laser procedures, and potential other eye surgeries. Somehow I doubt it.
The follow-up for all all the money/gifts Mr. Beast always made me wonder. I didn't know that getting cataract surgery means further treatment is needed.
It remind me of how you can win a house or car in a sweepstakes but taxes still need to be paid. If these people can't afford further treatment will they become visially impaired all over again? And in that case universal heathcare is what everyone needs and not Mr. Beast.
@@sweetcherryblast7251 It's not necessarily needed, but it's a common complication, so there's a chance. Like I said; out of my two eyes, I only have glaucoma in one now, so it won't be everyone thankfully. But certainly for the unlucky ones, there's no quick fix for glaucoma like there is for cataracts. And you are correct, if glaucoma is left untreated, you do lose your vision irreversibly. It cannot come back after glaucoma damage, it is gone, period. It's something you need regular check-ups and treatment to mitigate, and for those, yup, you need universal healthcare.
@@sweetcherryblast7251 I feel the same way. I always feel icky about videos that revolve around giving large sums of money to homeless people. Taken out of context, of course it's great! It may secure housing and food for a period of time. But it's just a band-aid (and a very limited one, at that) which won't help anyone (not even the person who's been granted the money) in the long run. A lot of homeless people struggle with their health, mental health, substance abuse (usually due to lack of accessibility to mental health treatment) etc. A singular monetary "gift" on its own won't solve any real issue at its root to ensure the person comes out of that situation. If he has so much money to spare, why not help local homeless shelters or public food banks etc., heck even creating new shelters, funding recovery centres, or lobbying for accessibility to public health and mental health (lobbying which costs a lot of money as well!). The answer is simply that those actions are not juicy bits of viral content. This is not philanthropy, it's purely self-serving with a total disregard for the future of those featured in the videos.
Yeah, it's wild. He literally went to Namibia to find more people in as dire of a situation as poor people in America.
@@tripodologia this is so well said. everything I think about mr beast and why I can't stand him. it's not philanthropy, like you said, it's just self and doesn't have the kind of impact that we actually need. he consciously chooses to ignore opportunities to make real lasting change in order to prop up himself and his image by using unlucky people for content. honestly sickening to me
"MrBeast is not the problem, but hes not the solution either."
Perfectly said!
40:23
I have to wonder what is the actual solution if the government clearly isn't doing anything. Because when people say, "Well I don't know the answer", it's like why did we have the conversation then? Just say you wanted to vent and go from there. We have access to more than enough information and talking heads that fans will donate more than enough money to just to say the same things in a different background. Do we still have so little collective power to do anything, even if it's a little more inconvenient in the moment?
@@normandy2501 I agree with the original quote but my opinion stands with u. The fact that people even start the conversation, I get to spread awareness but after that what? What now? We know that mr beast doesn’t help with the overall situation, and then..what?
No, he is the problem. He needs to get cancelled if anything. The guy is pure evil.
@@qc6057for what doing what people complain about the rich not doing and then when a rich person does it they have a problem it... So y'all mad for him doing exactly what y'all wanted him to do, so this begs the question do you want the rich to help you or do you just want to complain about the rich not helping you
You can't be a billionaire without shorthanding your lower line. In this case, it's whoever the video is about.
Welp.. 17:00 proves my point.
Not changing anything is my issue with Mr.Beast, he's not teaching nor informing nor lobbying for any sort of change. It all seems so soulless and thus has never interested me. And course I can't help but take it somewhat personally as a disabled person struggling to function day to day :I it all frustrates me a lot.
Agree, he could use his influence to lobby for changes, but that would require for him to be more political and he sees that as harmful for his businesses. Also he would have less people to exploit for views.
That's a completely dumb take. He owes people nothing at all. Considering all the good he's done, calling him soulless is a bit ridiculous. Let's be real here, if you had the money he has none of you complaining would be giving away even 1% of what he does.
@@OveranalyzingEverything he has, as shown in the video, voiced things in a way that can harm groups(paying for a procedure as alowing them to live life). He at the very least could either not do that, or educate himself and then his audience.
You also can't assume what a person will do. This also isn't about what others would do, its specifically about mr beast. If you want to have a convo about that then don't stray from the topic or start a new one.
He found the perfect formula to get himself views and validation so he’s not going to change it
Lobbying for change is an industry now. It doesn’t go anywhere. It’s just something people advocate for on social media now to pass the time. Actually being charitable with money is proper philanthropy and makes some tangible difference to numerous individuals.
I HATE the rhetoric that we need billionaires and millionaires to come in and save us from the US healthcare system. Kind of like Mark Cubans pharmacy where he is making drugs more affordable. Yes it’s great! But why do we have to rely on the whims of millionaires to have access to medical care?
The “he is not like other billionaires” killed me
Destroying cars but helping to plant trees. Kind of weird.
BIG YUP!!!! what an environmentalist!
@@tiffanyferg ...Bit harsh tbh. He has done more than most of us can ever claim to have done, to actually help the environment. Don't think he ever really claimed to be specifically an Environmentalist either. Love your videos, btw!
Those videos of him and friends destroying drivable running cars (along with other influencers copying him doing the same thing) makes me angry. People can use those cars even though they're "old" used cars. Incredibly wasteful IMO.
@@Nimoes_archive He earned that money by getting kids addicted to his videos and owning businesses.
Also, the planting trees thing literally only offset trees being cut by a day.
@@Nimoes_archivego vegan
I love how Mr Beast critiques ara coming up more often... I remember when he did a recreation of the Squid Games... I was mortified💀 like the whole point of the show was anti-rich people...
Yeah, that was a face-palmer for sure. Like, I understand kind of what he was going for, but it was as tone deaf as Hassan Piker buying a mansion, supporting Amazon, and claiming to be a socialist. Sort of missing the entire point.
@@averysspookshowspectacular6205 buying a mansion makes that guy non socialist..?
@@tink6225 Not sharing much wealth is he? Nothing wrong with getting yourself a nice house isn't an issue, but the house he got is luxury he afforded because of capitalism. I know we can't make any money without contributing, but socialist ideals would be that you get what you need and help other people get what they need with the rest. I don't care what he does with his money, I'm not into him in general, but the hypocrisy of that entire thing was roll-my-eyes-out-of-my-skull ridiculous.
@@averysspookshowspectacular6205 this entire paragraph was hypocrisy.
but at the same time squid game is a critique to the rich made by netflix, the mega company
THANK YOU!!! It pisses me off so much that people worship the ground he walks on for his “philanthropy” when in reality it’s exploitative and performative activism. I’ve read multiple testimonies online where he has offered support to charities but then later dumps them when they don’t want to be filmed or put in a video. It’s absolutely disgusting.
...uhhh well you see, in order for him to make a video about something interesting enough to get a return big enough for him to reinvest into a charity and his content, then he does kinda need them to be willing to collaborate and appear in a video. I think that's a pretty obvious financial cycle that he needs to get involved with, in order for his business model and main income method to survive.
@@Nimoes_archive he won't go bankrupt if he does ONE charitable act without filming it.
@@Nimoes_archive That's fair I guess but that reinforces the fact that he donates for virtue points and not because he genuinly cares. He is giving in the expectation that he'll get something in return. Even though I haven't seen any of his videos, I have a feeling that he acts like he is donating out of the kindness of his heart.
But again from a business standpoint, it's understandable. But from a decent person view, doesn't seem like a genuine person.
@@SSMH6446 I would rather he donate in general rather than not at all regardless of sincerity.
@@Nimoes_archive It’s inherently transactional, blatantly so. I don’t think you can call that charity, if you’re building a business around it. It’s very different to give to charity and get something in return vs give it charity so that you get something in return. He doesn’t have to give all his fortune lol but saying ‘oh, well if you’re not gonna be filmed then I will take my money elsewhere good sir’ when a charity doesn’t want to be the subject of a video is kinda shitty. You’d think the same of someone giving a homeless person $50 bucks on the condition they use it to sign up for a gym, then withdrawing it when that person then wants to use it on food.
I feel like people don't understand what criticism is? It's not "haters hating", it's taking a step back and looking at the pros and cons. Tiffany pointed out some good things MB does, along with the negative. Personally, I think idolising *anyone* on this planet not only leaves your judgement incredibly biased and invalid, it makes you vulnerable to manipulation. Stay critical. Don't be a sheep.
Tiffany, I’m a silent watcher usually for many years now and I just have to say I think this is the best analysis video you’ve ever made. You’ve put every thought I’ve been thinking into words, I never fully felt comfortable watching his videos, like they gave me the ick lol. Thank you so much for this.
I think Jimmy has just completely funneled himself into a TH-cam hole, but the issue is he's surrounded by yes men. Everyone around him hypes him up, his best friends work for him, his mom works for him. It seems like everything is Jimmy's way or no way at all. I've heard him talk about his recent girlfriend when asked about her and he replies with a checklist of things he needed before even pursuing a relationship with her, i know people have preferences but it was so regimental the way he spoke about vetting her before dating her. Then he got asked about having kids and replied with something about bill gates and elon musk having kids as billionaires. Idk all very strange, he's just turned into a machine. Sorry i don't have references for those clips, they get shown to me as shorts then i never see them again.
I think his start on youtube with those obnoxiously long videos of him counting and watching music videos for hours already made me see him as robotic. It almost seems like he in the end does anything for attention and admiration. Money is of course part of it but like with Musk he seems to have a fragile ego.
I think the "issue" is that he's just autistic about TH-cam. He just laser focused on that shit and has it as a top priority since then. I think more than "having turned into a machine", he was "like a machine" (basically "autistic" from neurotypical eyes), some people like "trains", he likes "TH-cam" so he just decided to "win at TH-cam"
That makes a lot of sense. There are avenues in life where extreme focus and dedication to the exclusion of all else can really pay off, but one of the lessons we all have to learn in being human is what our limits are and what healthy moderation is. I mean, right?
I feel like our capitalist society rewards profit-seeking behavior this way, indeed like a game, as mentioned in the video. But if you're learning how to paint or something, that level of extreme focus (within limits: still pay your rent, and don't neglect your health or loved ones) would be really useful. But you're right that getting that far in makes him come off as a bit robotic.
That’s a very clinical way to look at dating. Very 🚩🚩🚩🚩It’s as if his girlfriend is the next step in his career rather than a life partner.
Agreed, the dude has a dead eye smile and does not seem at all authentic.
so happy to see you talking about him. he’s one of those gray area people for me. my boyfriend watches his content occasionally and i have never really been able to communicate to my bf why i feel strange about him.
you pointing out the evangelical stuff as a side note, maybe since i have a lot of religious trauma he turns me off for that reason… plus others.
anyways, thank you for this!!
100% same here, I’ve never been able to exactly explain to my boyfriend what feels so off about the whole thing. It’s nice to see I’m not alone in that feeling.
@@EvaMiya you’re definitely not alone!! i don’t think less of my boyfriend for enjoying content that is literally engineered to retain attention (not really for my brain though, it’s too overstimulating) but then again i think that’s the whole ick for me, it being so calculated 🙂 we’re both the same age as Jimmy too, so it makes it even weirder for me
his videos always gave me a weird feeling even as a kid
If you have trouble articulateing yourself, I suggest you read more.
@@Randorandom232 i read all the time
it’s crazy to me that you can amass a young impressionable audience of likely middle and high schoolers and then convince them you can do no wrong to the point that they’ll attack any criticism as being hate
it's not just crazy to me, it's scary tbh
@@user-es7ui5mc1m no it def is
Dumb ppl being dumb surprises you?
This woman is literally racist
Saying mrbeast is exploiting people when he's not is not a criticism u goofballs
He doesn't seem like much of a thinker. Stunning that he doesn't question his influence more, or have more consideration for the money-hunger aspect of his content. No depth or nuance. He strikes me as uncanny as those thumbnails. Good takes here, important points made 👏
"let me run this country like a company" i have something interesting to add to this. in my small country in central europe (czech republic) we had a presidental elections literally 2 weeks ago and one of the two candidates was a big populist businessman that owns 1/3 of media in our country. his motto was "run this country as a company". luckily he didn't win but we were all terrified of that scenario. so yeah, this quote isnt really lucky
Basically Trump
@@tylere.8436 Yeah, kinda similar in some way. I'd say that Babiš is smarter than Trump (I'm saying this as someone who'd never vote for him) but there sure are similarities. He actually had the opportunity to "run the country like a company" when he was the prime minister (much more influential position than the president in our country) and it wasn't really all that good. Glad we didn't elect him now.
The same happened in Colombia last year, he was veeeery close, he ran his campaign from TikTok and refused to go to debates. Very scary. I'm glad this kind of people don't always get what they want
See it like this: if someone created the hunger games and made others do insane stuff for money, would they get praised for being very generous instead of wondering why tf the games exist in the first place?
It's kinda like how health insurance will make you do pointless shit just to recieve coverage.
I follow this tik toker that has keratoconus and she had insurance that made her pay them like $1800 up front FIRST. Of course she didn't have that money so she had to scrap it together. And guess what they did? Reimburse her the money she had to pay them and then paid for her sceral lenses. But the kicker is WHY they even did that instead of just paying for them? Like bro.....!
That tangent may have been a bit off topic but that's what your comment reminded me of.
comparing MrBeast to the person who created the hunger games is outrageous ctfu
@@sqeparo2854 does he or does he not parade people's problems in videos, and make them do crazy sht for money, instead of silently offering that money offline? 🤔 he literally recreated squid game so yeah im not off the mark
@@ShutUpStefana Tell me one thing that you consider "crazy shit" that comes even close to what is portrayed in the hunger games or squid game. Also if he does it offline, he can't make money, money that he can use to help more people
@@LIMERAGE he can still make crazy videos without exploiting people, wild i know. And tiffany already explained in her video how he can approach this subject of helping others a bit more ehtically so feel free to revisit that bit
this is one of the best videos covering mr beast. He preys on poor people to exploit them to benefit himself in the public eye, similar to how he also wants to take part in crypto scams. The fact that he does help people is a perfect way to deflect any criticism. Anyone who is capable of critical thought can see that he purposefully avoids discussing the reasons why capitalism fucks over so many people because people just want to watch game shows and be entertained and never have any real empathy for anyone else.
Lol not everything has to be blatantly politicized. If Mr. Beast came out and explicitly talked about conservative things in his videos you would not like that either. You just want him to be a talking head for your liberal viewpoints because that is the ideology you personally agree with.
That's a systematic problem that he can't do much about. He's helping where he can.
Seeing your take vs Charlie's take is like night and day. I feel more inclined to agree that Mr Beast is not an angel like many other humans. He's not evil but. Hes not necessarily "for the good of the people" either.
Are you talking about penguin0?
@@LordOfElysium yes lolol my apologies
@@LydiaTaylorMusic what was his take? I could watch his video but i really don't feel like it
@@Himanshi.Y oh lmao. Well basically just that people are being too hard on him about his most recent video. That even though it might seem cringe to some people to post it onto TH-cam, that what he did was ultimately good and shouldn't be questioned so deeply.
He’s a greedy capitalist who exploits other people for his own gain 🙁 and the constant praise gives him such an ego boost that he feels untouchable
Honestly, considering the target audience, I'd much rather have teenage boys and young men look up to Mr Beast than Andrew Tate.
Very low bar, but that's society for ya
Have you seen Pinely's video about Mr Beast and his many copycats? In this video Pinely explained how his little brother and his schoolmates are being brainwashed into wanting to get absurdly rich by these videos. It's also really bad tbh.
@Anjali Ideally, children should look up to their own fathers.
Sad thing is the kind of people that are fans of mr beast are also usually fans of people like andrew tate. It's a slippery slope for sure. They start admiring mr beast for his incredible wealth, and it's only a matter of time before they get into those crypto bros and "wanna be your own boss? become a millionaire?" dudes, and majority of those dudes (at least on the internet) also hold these toxic masculinity ideas that inevitably bleed into their content, so yeah, in the end, it's very easy for these kids to end up being fans of both. I'm not nearly smart enough to be able to articulate why this is, but it's such an interesting "coincidence" that these three types of content are usually linked together or at least promoted to people together.
oh yes definitely mrbeast is better than the manosphere mess that's going around these days
Your suggestions for Mr. Beast doing ethical charity reminded me of Danny Gonzalez's giveaway video where he agonized over the ethics and practical concerns of giving away a car.
That was such a great video! I definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn’t watched.
Yes!
I feel like this guy is gonna start a cult in the near future 😭 Also am I the only one who never watched a single video of his before?
Omg same! I have no idea where the Hell this guy came from
I’ve seen clips of his videos and been so irritated by his style I’ve never wanted to watch anymore. But then I’m not his audience, I’m very nearly 50.
I don't necessarily agree with all the "ick" people get, but I do get a little weirded out for the same reason you said. I don't care about motivations to do good as long as it gets done, but the amount of influence he has and his lack of transparency is...scary
I've seen him in other peoples videos, like I think Tom Scott talked to him in one video, but I've never even been suggested a mr beast video by the algorithm. Probably because it knows I'm not a 12 year old boy.
I've seen the fake Mr.Beast is giving away money click here ads more than his actual videos. They never pop up in my recomended section.
The sheer dedication of re-writing the whole script of this video 👌T-Ferg going the extra mile for the viewers
I miss the days when good deeds didn't need to be broadcasted to the internet. I also hate the "billionaires will save us" mentality. I know a lot of these deeds are a tax write-off, so they don't really spend a lot, and accumulate even more money for themselves.
The broadcast is what pays for it. I miss the days when people didn't sit around and complain cause someone did a good thing. Maybe you should spend more time helping others and not worry about what Mr. Beast does with his own time and money.
The last thing you mentioned really got me thinking about how this compares to what the Green Brothers do for charity. John and Hank Green have multiple companies that they’ve started, but both survive off the royalties from their books and their main company Complexly. Their other companies such as TH-cam Monetization, Crash Course, Awesome Socks and Awesome Coffee, those profits go to charity and they make sure to remind people constantly to support their missions to decrease child mortality in Sierra Leone (among many other large charity projects over the years). I believe John once said something along the lines of “I could be a lot richer, but I can survive off less, and make the world a better place” After just coming off the Project for Awesome charity livestream that raised 2.8 million dollars for charity this weekend, content like Mr. Beast videos make me feel sad. So much exploitation and guilt tripping to make sure content reaches certain numbers. It’s a disappointing outlook on life.
This is such a good point.
I love Hank and John for this ❤
The cult of Mr.Beast gives me Bill Gates vibes, there was a stretch of time where Gates was one of the most “beloved” billionaires that you weren’t allowed to criticize because of how much Gates donated to charity, his foundations, and that he portrayed himself as an average guy.
Came to the comments section to say the same thing.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he modelled his contents after these “benevolent billionaires,” but for fun and profits.
I’ll add that at least Gates actively asks the public for real solutions, like funding competitions to solve problems in developing countries. Not just filming the needy in a “dance, monkey, dance” way. It still distracts from the systemic issues and shields him from criticism, but in a less tacky way.
@@mhawang8204 Wasn't bill gates on the epstein list? What a great way to compare Individuals knowing full well off the irony when it comes to children and resources.
This guy is the TLC of TH-cam 😂
yep......................
Thank you for putting all my thoughts into words! It's hard to explain why I get the ick watching him while everyone else is praising him to the sky
We know a false prophet when we see one....
@@ptlovelight2971 Incidentally his name is Mr "Beast"
I’m honestly even having a hard time getting through this video, that’s how much I avoid anything about Mr. Beast. But I always appreciate the Internet Analysis series so I’ll eventually make my way through it.
@@lyuba881 same, most people tend to only connect with what they see on screen and not analyze the whole picture. Can’t make my boyfriend understand that though lol I’m the same never was into him nor David Dobrik or these spreading positivity gurus. Behind the scenes is why I want to know. The lengths they go to create this content. I hope this did not come off as a hater on Mr. beast 😅
I suggest you read more if you want to articulate better.
Champagne socialism like this is so funny. Who are you helping off screen? I'll say the same thing here that I always say two people who live in an ivory tower then yell at someone else in theirs. If you think what is doing is so wrong, go show him how to do it right. Talking about it does absolutely nothing.
The issue I have with his work “obsession” mentality is that if (and he certainly does) relies on a team, that pressure to work 10-15 hr days extends down the chain. Also, if he goes until he burns out, I imagine it leads to poor management and disrespect of others’ time if he decides to delay things on a whim instead of working in normal breaks and off-days
It also feels weird to think of any personal relationship he has if anything that’s not work is such a low priority to him
This aged well
Thanks for breaking this down. The language around this left me uncomfortable but I couldn't quite articulate it. I think this is a very nuanced and reasonable take.
mr. beast is 24??? why did i think he was older than me
This Mr. Beast phenomenon has really proven to me the power and influence money has. It’s kind of frightening to know that you’re basically free of any true consequences for the actions you take that may harm people so long as you pay enough money.
Yes, the consequences of helping people see sure are bad...
@@chickenwing1016 Mr. Beast might be donating a lot of money, but that does not change the fact that he has repeatedly exploited people in need to gain that money. It’s not a black-and-white issue, but you’re allowed to disagree with his method of doing things.
What the hell are wrong with these critiques, he just wants to give out money and earn money too to recycle the money and give back again. Saying that he is "manipulative" is pure bs. If he gives out money to rich people you'd be saying that money deserves to be put into the poor, but if he gives money to the poor, you'd go mad and call it manipulative? He just wants to help people in the smallest ways and to entertain. Don't forget, he is an entertainer too, if he can't entertain then he can't give away money. While you guys here are criticizing, he is giving away money. You helped nothing in this world, while he gave away millions.
A youtuber called the blind surfer actually had a pretty good critique of Mr. Beast. Basically he said that not all kinds of blindness has a cure yet and now thanks to Mr. Beast most people falsely believe that there is a cure for all and any forms of blindess. And thanks to that there's going to be less donations for that research.
if anyone believes that, they are horribly ignorant and would never generate enough money to be able to help anyone. I also have a friend who's blind and he thought what Mr. Beast did was amazing.
@@josephcassini959hat's the problem tho it's possible, it's insane but yea, blind surfer still enjoyed what he did for those people and the fact that thus video exist is insane to me
As a teacher whos seeing firsthand the effect of social media on kids attention spans, i think the maximalist, fast-paced, overstimulating style of his videos is a perfect case study of just what is entrapping my kids attention
watching those interviews where he was talking about his work ethic and how much he obsesses over his work really just makes me want to tell this man about therapy. I think he would benefit from that
17:04 That's such a hilariously bad faith take, I'm not even sure it's not bad reading comprehension. What MrBeast is doing here is presenting an additional viewpoint that could potentially persuade those who might not be moved by other arguments (such as those based on moral or humanitarian grounds). This is generally a good idea, if you're actually trying to achieve something.
yes! i was trying to put how i felt about tiffany's point here into words but you did it perfectly. the government is not gonna do things out of the goodness of their heart, mr beast was only commenting on how providing treatment would literally benefit the gov by adding more people into the workplace.
This isn't explotation.
MrBeast is a TH-camr. His income relies solely on his videos. Because his acts of charity relies on the videos he makes recording it is nessacry. Yall can say "well he could make some ridulcous video and use those profits" well that what he does but that's not enough. He only famous simply cause his video are large and extravagant he probably one of the few TH-camrs with a production team the resembles Hollywood. That cost lots of money. He a private enterprise giving help to people in exchange he video what he done. You don't see lawn care companies on youtube get called this.
Yall are only saying it expolation cause he famous, How do you know he hasn't done tons of other acts that weren't videoed. I am a fire fighter heir are many events that occur that never even gets mention on social media. I mean the fact only that many ex employees speak positively about him says a lot and the fact he doesn't always makes dumb videos and actually better people lives says more. I mean you got 700k subscribers all you do is provide commentary while you may volunteer your time to something donate small sum of money MR beast is help thousands in one video.
She showed a video, "Mrbeast's Shameless Promotion?" meanwhile she shamelessly promoted a mobile game.
The point is that he does this in charity video, he's trying to earn the most money, even tho the video exists beacuse of other people's hurt.
@@berenikaczerniak5376 Well that still doesn't justify her advertising a mobile game. That's like me saying that chocolate is bad for you and you shouldn't eat it, while eating it.
@@isimperialist she doesn't do it in a video in which she exploits others people's hurt. That's the difference. What he's doing is ethicly questionable... The fact that he still does it even tho he doesn't need money earned this way. He already earns a lot just by making this video since he's a much bigger youtuber, he doesn't need to do questionable things to make good money, he decides to. The problem isn't the ad itself but combining it with the content of his video.
@@berenikaczerniak5376 I would say criticizing someone for "shamelessly advertising" without knowing if those funds are going to the charity too is ridiculous, and her advertising a mobile game on top of that is absolutely disgusting.
@@berenikaczerniak5376 I he didn't monetize it, he wouldn't have the money to do it. Its a shit cycle that ultimately ends in good. Its not ethically questionable in the least. If I had his kinda money I wouldn't give it to anyone, now that's ethically questionable.
"Homeless people don't care if I use them for views" ~ while literally standing there with weeks of food and shelter for them.
I used to work in nonprofit marketing and I really appreciate the nuance of this video. There's a constant balance between wanting to move people to donate more vs. not wanting to misrepresent or exploit the people being helped. We can track that data really closely--particularly heart-wrenching stories, images of someone receiving a specific item the donation is paying for, or disasters that are getting a lot of press motivate people to donate significantly more than, say, images of recipients just smiling (this is true even for people who are already long-time or high-value donors). When you know you can feed 1000 more people with a dramatic photo, it becomes really difficult to choose a plain one, because the consequence of that choice is on your mind.
That being said I do think it's important to have nuanced discussions like these, especially since Mr. Beast has stated that this is a content strategy, and especially since his net worth is growing exponentially. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing--I would love for every 'hey you'll never believe this' TH-camr to be leaving a positive impact. But as you said, two things can be true at once: he can be doing good for strangers and also profiting in a way he wouldn't on a different video. He can make a hugely positive individual impact while also unintentionally spotlighting some systemic failures that deserve discussion. I think it's a mistake for both Mr. Beast and his fans to equate any criticism of the system or discussions on ethics to be an attack on him.
As someone who's worked extensively with nonprofits and is on the board of one now, I think one of the biggest things that gets overlooked is staying power: how impactful your donation is after you're done, and how it ripples outward to those you didn't impact directly. The lowest on the scale might be giving someone a sum of money. This is a great thing to do, but once the money is spent, it's spent. It also doesn't usually grow since people receiving it probably don't have the means/knowhow to make it last longer: they have immediate needs that the money goes toward. These surgeries are a middle-of-the-road option: they only impact the people receiving surgery, but their lives are positively impacted even after Mr. Beast leaves. A way he could add more staying power to this might be:
- setting up a fund whose interest pays for additional surgeries every year
- harnessing his audience to start a petition for these surgeries to be free or at least covered more broadly by insurance, etc.
- connecting viewers with resources for probono surgery in their area or funding options if someone they know is in need of it
- linking to related charities and encouraging his followers to donate
- giving the people in his video the option of giving their 'prize' (ex: $10k) away so that others can receive the surgery, and when they do so giving money to both the recipient and the other party
- etc.
These are off the top of my head, I'm sure there are many others.
The last category of staying power is when the ripples of a donation become far greater than the donation itself. Microloan organizations are a great example of this. There's a story from Kiva about a couple who got a loan to expand their farm. Then the next year they had extra yield so they got a loan to open a small restaurant in town, where they use items grown at their farm in their cooking. Then they had trouble getting all the produce back and forth so they got a loan for a bike to transport it, and now the husband runs a part-time bike taxi service. Not only were all of these loans (rather than donations), so they were repaid and that money can now be used to help other people, but this financial helping hand also provided benefit to the local community, who now have a restaurant with farm-to-table offerings, and a low-cost bike taxi that serves the entire town. I'd love to see Charity Influencers delving into this third category more often, especially since microloans are something even a young viewer could participate in and help alleviate suffering in the world.
Also lastly: while the 'it would be good ROI' might seem cold or contradictory, I think it's actually helpful. People who care about humanity won't care about the cost of doing what's right; they just want to do it. But unfortunately there's a large section of the population who are constantly asking 'what's in it for me' (as that creepy poll showed). It can be powerful to point out to those people that it actually does benefit them to help others. Sometimes that fact is the only thing that gets a key, life-altering or life-saving change or fund or policy approved. In an ideal world that thinking wouldn't even be a factor, but unfortunately it is. And if 'it would actually save you money' is the thing that makes this surgery available to everyone in the US, I don't mind it being said.
Why are the comments agreeing, he is giving people free surgery while gaining himself, where is the wrong in that ??
It's because of their bullshit semantics, specifically how they exploit the definition of exploitation (yes I wanted to use the word multiple times in a phrase) in order to moral grandstand people for dopamine
Thought I was going insane until I sorted the comments to newest comments.
Think before you sleep has sent their knights and shining armors
@@greenthinggg Accountability bad amirite
I don't know if you're a guy or a woman, but don't you realize that most critics are from women? It's emotions talking nonsense.
We owe TiffanyFerg and SunnyV2 an apology.
SunnyV2 does NOT deserve an apology
Like imagine instead of Anus it was Drake instead and instead of being transphobic he was just being racist like ??????
Edit:Yes Chris is not trans and is only fetishizing the trans community (confirmed by his sister) but like 😯 that shouldn't exuse him being transphobicccc I mean he knew NOTHING about Chris and replace him with an actual trans person and he would've acted the same-
That's why he doesn't deserve an apology. He's doing fine
Sunny V2 does not need an apology from me cause I never questioned him in the first place
@@Gooeymoose"Yall the rap community is doomed because the most popular guy there is *BLACK!* "
*"Uses hate comments and comments with racial slurrs to confirmed his point as 'proof' bc why not"*
"BREAKING DRAMA:Drake is a pedoooooo-"
"NIGHTIEU3 WAS RIGHT HE DESERVES AN APOLOGY!"
Sunny V2 never even acknowledged the actual allegations against Ava he was just transphobic. He doesn't deserve anything
@@yeeyeeyeeye yoyo you bring me back bro
The comment about how the government would benefit financially from helping blind people could be a good point to note that even a society that does typically value money above all is so ableist that we would rather push disabled people to the side than notice the “objective” points. I’d compare it to pointing out that the bible isn’t literally homophobic in an attempt to argue that lgbtq people deserve to live. If all you can do is try to meet people where they are and destroy them with facts and logic then i guess sometimes you have to start somewhere. But it really sounds like that’s just his own opinion and that’s the icky part
All the "mega TH-camrs" make me feel weird no matter what. The fact that they have to go bigger and bigger ("selflessness" doesn't seem to make them immune to this), seems to me like a recipe for it some time (or maybe it already has) to go too far. Because in the end, it's about views. If people won't watch it, Mr. Beast won't do it. This very fact is why I call BS on his supposed selflessness. There are so many ways people like him can act on purely humanistic desires to serve the world that don't involve an audience.
Why are so many people complaining that MrBeast is doing charitable work and helping so many people, like yes he profits off of his videos but then he puts that money back in the next videos where he helps even more people, that’s how investment works. Also making healthcare free won’t solve the issue because then taxes will go up so the government can pay the healthcare workers and the quality of healthcare will just go down.
Free healthcare would literally destroy his channel because he profits off of the problems that our healthcare system creates. Like most European countries, their universal healthcare system is far better than ours. If we the people are funding our own government healthcare, we would also have the power to make it much better than what it is today
@@ispilloil Not true, if you actually watch his channel then you would know he does challenges and competitions, he also gives people a lot of money in his other videos where he opens a free store, a free restaurant, or when he just gives random people his credit card. So if free healthcare exists then he just wouldn’t make the video where he pays for people’s surgery.
You get all of your information about Mr. Beast from Tiffany. Of course she is going to tell you what she wants you to hear to fit her agenda for the video. @@ispilloil
Ah man all I can think of is how brave Tiffany is for even posting this video, knowing that Mr. Beast stans will likely see this & be all kinds of shitty in the comments. I really like that you took a nuanced approach to criticizing his content & intentions, as you always do on topics. Sadly though I don’t think most people who feel strongly one way or the other about Mr. Beast will take the time to watch the whole video & think critically about your points. Sending good vibes hoping your comment section doesn’t get swamped 😞
Hot take: If you're doing good deeds only when people are watching you, you're only performing goodness and you're charity is superficial
Hot take: if you are helping people, that is a good thing. Usually. Leave it to those who will always find a way to twist good deeds.
Hot take: I don’t care if it’s out of the goodness of someone’s heart. I just care that a good thing was done.
@@cole9547 hot take: Steve jobs is a good person because he donated to charity the money he made from potential child labour. Imagine twisting the good deed of a good person smh
He’s doing it when people aren’t watching. He’s got several charities that continue to provide assistance without his “filming it.”
Its not a charity.
I cannot even begin to describe how happy I am that you made this video. You articulated this critique so well, here's hoping it goes viral. 🤞It is so hard seeing so many people say "we're not mad at Mr. Beast, we're mad at the system" Babes he IS the system. 🤧
Thank you for this comment, Skylar! We literally had to rewrite this script THREE TIMES to make sure that what we were saying articulated not only our feelings on the topic, but also gathering data and evidence to back up our position. It's hard to speak critically (not negatively!) on a beloved TH-camr (especially one as influential as MrBeast) when the conversation surrounding him lacks nuance and debate.
@@sheridensmith oof, it's definitely a sticky situation but you guys did a great job! I'm personally really hoping that your hard work can help the conversation pivot from "he did absolutely nothing wrong." to ATLEAST "wow, I guess more than one thing can be true."
@@sheridensmith at this point we need a channel rebrand: Tiff & Sheriden
@@transsexual_computer_faery Nah, I’m just the man behind the curtain (and a friend who likes to help)!
@@sheridensmith shway and valid
Such a well-written and informative video Tiffany! Literally had never seen a Mr Beast video before this, but I think the thing that bothers me the most about him is the lack of transparency with his "good deeds". No one's arguing that he's not helping people, but don't pretend that you're doing all this at no benefit to you.
Just because he's morally better than the Ace family doesn't make him a saint. He can do good while still being critiqued at the way he goes about doing that good.
If all you have to do to be a saint is be better than the ACE family, I think we'd all get into heaven.
As a Black woman who is visually impaired, I find that he did help those individuals. What I have an issue with is the way the video portrays this falsehood of blindness being cured. Yes, he may not have said it but the context that people will take will nonetheless. I feel that race and privilege cannot be denied here either. Mr. Beast is very rich and his privilege allows him to be wealthy. I understand he helped people but if you have to be public about helping people, then that will come across as not authentic. I have received some not so nice comments about Mr. Beast. Some telling me I'm mad that he hasn't solved world hunger. It's not about that. It's about the privilege that Mt. Beast has to wealthy. Plus he's a WHITE wealthy guy. Meaning most Black individuals wouldn't be able to reach his status without some heavy fighting to get there. I don't have an issue with Mr. Beast as a person. What I have an issue with is the click bait, presentation and privilege.
I imagine it must suck to be a straight white man in 2023, where nobody can quantify the sum of your privilege vs. your own hard work, but it's assumed that nothing you've achieved is based on your own merit.
always have to make it about race huh
@@isk8atparks It will always be about racism as long as racism exists.
You live in the least racist country in the entire world (assuming you live in America). You are assuming Mr. Beast started with a whole production: he did not. If you watched his old videos, which you obviously did not and only got your information from Tiffany in the video, you would have observed that Mr. Beast did not start with a lot of money, but he instead worked harder than other youtubers and took a fair share of risks to get to where he is. Obviously, you are using your race as an excuse to not work as hard and to feel oppressed. Your argument on black people being at a disadvantage in today's society in social media is an obvious lie. Two of the biggest streamers today are Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed, both of whom are black.@@kaishawna3753
Your videos are great!
Wow, I've managed to exist on the Internet and have this TH-cam user since TH-cam has existed without ever getting a Mr Beast recommendation. Clearly, the algorithm knows me. All I know about his channel is from channels like these, of Internet analyses.
The algorithm knows me and has never recommended him to me. My TV that has TH-cam is another matter! Along the banner it always pops up with his videos because it’s taking from the most popular, not my algorithm. I’ve still not watched his videos, but I can see how he gets so many views when it’s kids who probably don’t have an account or are using a parents account or something.
@@jaybee4118 interesting! That sure sounds like it would contribute to his channel's views!
Medicare For All!!!
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"my dudes" excuse me did you just asume my gender ( i am indeed a dude)
I don't think Tiffany understands MrBeast very well, and a lot of these criticisms have underlying assumptions. For example - the idea that philanthropy and helping others must always be selfless. While morally, I'm sure most of us would prefer that or preach that, in practice, very few of us actually practice pure charity. I don't know a single person in my personal life that would give away significant parts of their personal assets to charity. If pure charity were something appealing on its own, things like fundraisers wouldn't be invented. Why do we need to get a prize in order to help out those in need? It's because most people are self-interested, and to hold billionaires, world leaders or anyone else on a pedestal is a bigger problem - that's when you truly create a hero complex b/c nothing is ever good enough. The irony is she's criticizing Jimmy for pretending to be a hero and saying we don't need a hero, while holding him to standards that would actually make him a hero. So is the real problem that we don't need a hero, or that he's just not living up to your exacting standards of what a true hero looks like?
Anyone in a western country is immensely wealthy compared to the rest of the world. How many of us are giving away our personal assets to help solve hunger or poverty? We can certainly afford to. It's really easy to criticize - corporations, the system, billionaires, other people etc. MrBeast is on another level of wealth, but if you want to start criticizing, BE the change you want to see. Instead of asking for patrons for your videos, give that money to charity.
Think Before You Sleep really owes you an apology after that MrBeast is a Fraud video came out. 🦅
That shit channel made a video about MrBeast? when?
@@PapasGatito he made a reaponse to this video defending mr beast
Where you the one talking smack about mobile games and then a few months later promote mobile games as an ad ? That’s pretty hypocritical.
I feel like the whole principal of the internet is "don't be nice to people unless you can get a lot of views from it".
Imagine a society ruled by Elon Musk and MrBeast
Isn't it already?
@@onalos1271 fortunately not
@@onalos1271 thankfully no
Imagine a society ruled by a puppet who can barely form a sentence. Oth wait
How do you have so little nuance that you think those two people are comparable? They’re both richer than us and that’s about all they have in common.
I'm honestly surprised I haven't seen people calling him the antichrist yet with literal "mark of the beast" branding
So.. the man pays for free cataract surgery and you say it's exploitation. OF is exploitation. Your critique of Mr Beast is exploitation for self gain. Who is worse? Someone who is actually helping others, or someone complaining about how others help people? And then she goes on to sell merchandise!? Hmmmm.
I can assure you that he still has done more to help people then you could ever do in your entire life
I can't believe Tiffany exploited MrBeast by featuring him in her video with no benefit to him.
She's a hypocrite
Breadtubers, amirite.
Lol. Tiffany triggered the Mr Beast fans. Y'all are so defensive.
@@roguepixel4753 I'm not even a Mr beast fan. I'm against retarded commentary in general.
Okay, can we all agree that Chandler telling Joey they are, in fact, at a buffet is actually funny though, laughtrack or not?
The no laugh track definitely works better for some of the jokes that have not aged well (aka most if not all of the gay jokes, etc.)
Smh, should've used Big Bang Theory instead
Here is 2024? Let’s all toast a glass of fine wine 🍷
hearing “homeless people don’t care if i use them for views!” hyperbolic or not, joke or not, that was very jarring to say the least
getting to know that mr beast is only 24 knocked me tf out , wdym this guy is my age ????????
no literally in my head he was minimum 28
Lol he's young and successful
I think his heart is in the right place, but I do agree he could go about his intentions in a better way (like how you mentioned that he should be more discreet when helping people). Not bashing Jimmy, just some constructive criticism.
This girl was ahead of her time.
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Tiffany being a year ahead of TH-cam 👍👍👍
my mum works for a food bank/giving charity that values the privacy of the recipients so much. The whole process means that any recipient will never have to see anybody working at the charity unless they choose to and will have their anonymity guarded. She always found MrBeasts videos exploitative as she realises the not so much embarrassment of your struggles being shared but the all around lack of boundaries and privacy for the people in his videos. Whilst you don't "have" to appear on video and join in with the videos, the overall condition of getting help means having your struggles broadcasted to the world is a real problem, and i think people move to defending MrBeast so fast without realising the exploitative nature of his and many other youtubers charity work.
I feel like since your “video essays are melting my brain” essay, it seems like you’ve become a lot more relaxed and confident, I hope you’re feeling a bit of weight off your shoulders like it seems. Nuanced perspective doesn’t come for free and I’m always glad to see it.
“mr beast told you to stand in a circle… but he is not your savior”
Gotta love the rise in TH-cam accounts named after Stalin 😎✊🏻