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Would it better if he paid the people to make beads or dig holes instead of entertaining his viewers?

I think so, yes. It'd be even better if he just gave the money, no strings attached.

But then he'd have no money to give away. I don't see how it's this difficult to understand. Either you have Mr Beast as we do now - curing blindness and deafness, giving people houses and cars, raising millions for tangible, proven reforestation and sea cleanup efforts - or we don't have Mr Beast at all.

I also find his videos uncomfortable to watch for many of the same reasons stated here, but I don't find them harmful, and I can appreciate how he's helped these people.

But these videos only get watched exactly _because_ they are demeaning. So the problem is the nature of the videos itself and this alone disqualifies any good this guy supposedly does.

I don't agree with that assertion at all.

That would be like the pimp giving their stable of ho's money and not making them prostitute themselves.

Who then would pay for their pimp-mobile and bling, and the upkeep of the ho's?

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