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There's an element of kayfabe to a lot of MrBeast's videos. Harmless kayfabe that most rational adults can see through and not care about (selective post editing to increase tension, etc). This somehow makes MrBeast a bad man.

He also seems to think that MrBeast should be 100% altruistic and that using his videos to promote products to children is bad.

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Children have died because they didn't know professional wrestling was fake. Something like half of young kids want to become streamers when they grow up. It's an important conversation to have.

Children have died because they didn't know professional wrestling was fake.

No-one is dying because MrBeast tells kids to subscribe and buy feastables. What conversation are we supposed to have?

Yet... I can see the next generation iterating on his contest style challenge videos in a more guerilla style with less resources and safety leading to a similar outcome.

The conversation about an adult YouTuber using psychological manipulation to milk children for money through gambling?

No one is dying, just children being exploited. No biggie.

That's very much not what the video says.

Go ahead and provide a more accurate tl;dw then.

Maybe somebody with use AI to summarize the video...

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