Why Is Everyone MAD At MrBeast?
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
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@xisumavoid and his Twitch chat share their thoughts about the reactions of MrBeast's new video in which he cures 1000 people's blindness.
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0:00 - 0:10 Coming Up
0:11 - 0:41 Explaining The Controversy
0:42 - 2:04 Twitter And Echo Chambers
2:05 - 2:55 Twitch Chat Reacts
2:56 - 3:56 MrBeast's Intention
3:57 - 4:41 Engineering Views on YT
4:43 - 5:57 Real World Implications
5:58 - 7:07 Why Can't we Cure Blindness?
7:08 - 8:36 Improving The Health Care System
8:37 - 10:01 The Negativity Bias
10:02 - 10:56 Is Capitalism To Blame?
10:57 - 11:15 Outro
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The argument that, it's okay to help people but not to show it, is absurd. The only reason he's able to afford to do this is because he shares what he does, and the video resulted in massive amounts of donations from the public to that clinic that will fund many more surgeries. It would be immoral if he didn't share it, he essentially made an advertisement for a charity.
Yes you’re right, Have a Happy Thursday
what I was thinking exactly. If he didnt make videos about this stuff he would've been done a LONG time ago. im not saying im for or against it but the fact that his content goes viral every time is the only reason he can keep doing projects like this.
Plot twist : if all that money wasn't funneled from wherever it comes from towards his own ego trip where he stages himself as a philanthropist genius, there probably wouldn't be any need for charity.
Charity in of itself is the failure of wealth distribution being put a bandaid over.
@@thorn_lekoh it's way more complicated than you make it appear to be. So many more powerful foundations, so much more corruption at the height of continents. Don't hate the player, hate the game
@@thorn_lekoh he's not to blame for this systemic failure of wealth distribution tho, is it? In fact he is kinda working to mitigate this failure. Would you rather he didn't provide the funds for the people who wanted vision?
I can't hate him. He's helped victims from the 2021 December tornadoes in kentucky by building homes that are better then before. This is really sweet of him to do
Than* before.
Sorry.
Yeah I remember Three Days Grace did that too
@@undersscore6930 love that band
@@mrslagowhoreusrex6300 same
But the problem isn't really that their homes was destroyed was it? It's like treating a stab wound with a bandaid
Even if he did it with poor intentions, he still cured 1,000 people. That’s indisputable.
Yeah FR. Regardless of his intent, he did smth that big. It's not like the examples Xisuma mentioned where they're just giving small amounts of money. This costed hundreds of thousands of dollars
I agree. the most evil person could've easily done that but at the end of the day, a thousand people just had their lives changed for the good
Oh yeah, it's just sad that we depend on altruistic rich people for stuff that shouldn't be a problem in a decent country
@Hrafn Valdr I mean I'd say in any country but yeah the US has way more than enough money to afford it. It's not a fix to the problem it's just a bandaid
A thousand people are just a rounding error compared to how many more are suffering unnecessarily
I don't really think many people are upset at Mr. Beast specifically. They're upset that the system works in a way, as he described in the video, where curable blindness is a quick, easy surgery, but since people can't afford it, they remain blind. It's a highlight of our broken healthcare system and the pitfalls of capitalism in general. I think maybe some people project that onto him but what he did was undeniably a very good thing.
Exactly
Then why do many people say Mr beast is a demon
theres legit other people talking about his massive "ego" but they're not doing anything to help cure blindness lol
@@krishm7812 Fr lol
Would you expect doctors to perform surgery for free? Should we force them to do so? Or who should we require to pay them?
I thank God that we live in a place where surgery is readily available, and we have insurance and charitable individuals to help pay for it. In places with "free" healthcare, people are forced to wait months or even years for surgeries that can be had in weeks in the USA.
I understand why people are mad but feel it's misdirected. I'm just glad he wants to help people
Shooting the messenger is a tale as old as time
the money mr beast makes from his videos goes towards making more videos. and when your videos are about helping people then thats good.
Finely someone said it
Exactly
Well, it's still mostly making him a profit (and we both know that a person could live for life on his current net worth). It would be like saying that the donations food companies make in donating to farmers isn't just investing on themselves cause if they don't have farmers that work for them they don't have a production.
@@cencent2189 mr beast reinvests everything he earns into youtube videos. I would prefer to be in a mrbeast video than to be blind.
@@cencent2189 listen to him on the JRE or literally anything. He actually looses money on lots of his videos.
He doesn’t have a massive flash house, or car. He doesn’t make seasons upon seasons of garbage drama between your family like other actually rich people.
Hate on the scum of the earth not on people like Jimmy
"When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist" - Dom Hélder Câmara
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mr beast is a capitalist millionaire, he would never actually deal with the reason that people are hungry lol
@@taliesin82 Because he doesn't have the power to?
@@taliesin82 Hes just playing by the rulebook 🤷♂️ one man cant change everything unfortunately
"its almost like society is designed to be cruel and unfair"
yes... yes, it is.
Personally, I think good deeds are better done without sharing with the public, with the exception if it was meant to be a part in a competition. For example, in Team Trees and Team Seas, the top donations were displayed which led to people donating more. In Mr. Beast's case, making videos is how he can get more money to help more people, so it doesn't even matter if he's "profiteering", that's how he can help more and more people.
Also, the curing blindness video was undoubtedly the best one he made, starting from the editing itself, and I'm surprised it was the one people complained from.
Oftentimes a problem is just too big to handle alone, and not enough attention is given to it by the general public. Mr. Beast (and a lot of other philanthropists) knows this, and is able to _more efficiently_ tackle said problems this way.
Whatever motivations he has with his philanthropic efforts, the important thing really is if he (or anyone) has been able to make the world a better place. Whatever hate that's been directed _at_ him (and not the system) is the greater societal issue here imho. Too many haters trying to pull down others because they _know_ they're insignificant, and would like to have a little chance at fame by bashing people like Mr. Beast.
he already helps without showing, his philanthropy work is not just what we see on the main channel, i believe there are people who can help but didnt know about this issue and this video might be a gateway for this stuff
I'm not mad at Mr. Beast for doing good thing, I'm mad at the systems for holding a procedure that could literally change millions of peoples lives for the better behind a paywall.
There are reasons it costs money
@@Sly2BandOfThievesIsTheBestSly because America doesn't have universal healthcare
@@Sly2BandOfThievesIsTheBestSly Yeah, I know? It's because capitalism prioritizes turning a profit over increasing the quality of life for people.
@@sonicmeerkat some of the countries Mr. Beast did it for can't even afford Universal Healthcare...
@@sonicmeerkat also based pfp
This all reminds me of that Friends episode where Joey argues with Phoebe, saying that "There is no unselfish good deed." And then Phoebe spends the whole episode trying to find something that is unselfish and a good deed
At the end of the day him monetizing his content is what allows him to do things like this in the first place. There's a huge difference between "Look at me! Look at how nice I am guys!" and someone doing great things to raise money to do more great things
8:10 really makes me see how X sees the world. I would say he has a nice positive view on the problems and the way to be with people, i find it quite nice to hear it to be honest, brings a bit of hope in humanity.
People online quite forget what being nice to each other can achieve, and how nice everything is when people tag along, even if they don't share beliefs, opinions or others, there's no reason to be mean to each other, quite hope the future gets more conscious on how we can make everything better by not trying to ruin other people's life just because they have a different opinion.
Far too many people read just the buzzwords and proceed to kick off mindlessly at whoever pushed the proverbial button. It's almost like the need for immediate gratification blurs people's ability to actually process the facts and opinions put in front of them as they truly stand.
I think that the outraged twitter people should actually watch the video, because after watching it its clear to me they didn't and jumped into conclusions based on either ppl's tweets or the video title, jumping on the bandwagon if feels, MrBeast doesn't even make the money back with the video views only, thats how much he spends on his videos, he just gives money away at a crazy rate and after watching the video, people's reactions were so heart warming its hard to hate, he changed their lives forever, and he made a 8 minute video, not an half hour one, so he's not even milking it, his intentiond are genuine and he did this to put his money to good use once again instead of silly things,like when he bought a homeless guy a house, or when he bought the entire content of a supermarket and donated it all, it gives viewes but its what he wants to do and he wants to help people, also in the video he donated a lot of money to other ppl's treatments that won't even be on camera so it's clearly not for the views, let's not let the negative intrepertation of some people that probably only assume the worse possibly without even watching overshadow the lives hes been changing for the best
I genuinely love these videos, they're just pretty comforting and reassuring to me
I think this video is a perfect example of what Mr. Beasts video has done, it started a conversation of the problems with "THE SYSTEM". It also has made a much wider audience aware of the issues and cost surrounding this problem.
Is he profiting off of it? YES, that is how he is PAYING for it and probably the next good will and educational video he does. Look at his video history and campaigns from ocean clean up to planting trees worldwide and other awareness campaigns. This isn't the first, not even the smallest.
Or largest.
@Ethan Barnes until you actually elaborate on that point, your opinions means nothing.
as someone who works in customer service i appreciate what you said about perking yourself up to be kinder to cashiers etc. it really does make my day when people do that and i try to go out of my way for customers too! 😊
"People have done worse" Really? Imagine getting angry because a man does something your goverment should be doing. People are just mad at the wrong person.
My grandmother had that surgery, but here in Brazil we had to pay for it, my family could pay, but people who can't afford it, not a problem to help and show it, is his job show stuff
"restoring vision" sounds more appropriate than saying curing blindness
Providing vision to those who want it. It's important to stress the receiver's will as well. Someone could be blind and find nothing wrong with themself, and wouldn't ask for vision if given the chance. That's fine too.
@@nuklearboysymbiote Agreed
@@nuklearboysymbiote I think the "to those who want it" part is just another dimension and not what the OP is trying to get to. You can say "curing blindness to those who want it", "restoring vision to those who want it", "providing vision to those who want it"... That wasn't really the point
It's a YT video, it's just a fact that click bait titles and thumb nails get views. At the end of the day, this form of blindness is an ailment with a fix. So saying "curing" is a perfectly acceptable term for what is happening.
I don't see it as him wanting content as much as him wanting to spread the news that there is a surgery to cure/help that kind of thing. I'm no professional though :D
Yet not everything is a one-cures all
Even if this was done purely for selfish reasons, people still had their life changed for the better. Like others have already said it seems like people are actually mad at the system.
That's what I keep saying, what Mr beast did was good, but it's like those news stories about kids who save money to help feed their friends. It sounds nice on paper, but it's implication is just kind of depressing, we shouldn't live in a world where finances are the deciding factor for you to be able to see, sad really.
Good points as always. I work in disability services and constantly feel like I’ve got one hand tied behind my back. I rely on many organizations, govt departments, and individuals to find a variety of solutions in a system that underserves people.
Let''s also recall the phenomenon of moral licensing: most people have some sort of good deed budget (there's actually no fixed "done" point, but this is an analogy) that, when drained, makes them feel less guilty about not contributing more or somewhere else. Donating to help a few individuals and donating to fix systems both charge from that budget, so donating to one can come at the cost of donating to the other which is bad when the more effective one loses out.
The net effect depends on how much Mr. Beast brings attention to this kind of healthcare (increasing total, collective moral budget, here we are talking about it after all) and how much he changes the budget distribution (I suspect he'll shift some proportion from the effective method to the individual method). It's possible there's still more absolute moral budget spent on fixing the system than before if the increased attention outweighs the distribution shift, but I don't know. This isn't like the Team Seas video where the budget increases was (IMO) smaller and the individual method more heavily pushed, which I viewed as a net negative, so this one might be net positive potentially?
I wish his videos would spend more time on systemic change, and I don't think that would impact his reach or income much either except for scummy sponsors dropping out.
He brought awareness to an issue, telling people that the world has a blindness problem means we know its a thing we should care about while helping people
I'd heard a saying once about a wealthy man and a rabbi, goes something like "Rich man tells a rabbi that he'd like to fund building an orphanage and asks for help so the rabbi agrees, a week later the man returns and says that he realized he only wanted to build it so people would think more highly of him, realizing he had poor intentions he said he'd like to cancel the project. The rabbi tells the man "Do you think the orphans will care what your intentions were? Build the orphanage." and so the man agrees".
Even if Mr.Beast were a puppy kicking monster, this is money coming from youtube sponsors and corporations that is going into helping cure disabilities, systemic issues aside. Mr.Beast is rich but not "topple the billionaire oligarchy" rich, he did a good thing for a lot of people and that's what matters, Action.
Hey X I really appreciate the Xisuma says channel. As I’m growin up I’m starting to unconsciously slide away from minecraft content but I feel sad to not hear from the creators I “know and love”. Besides the fact that I often have similar views to what you present here (echo chamber!!) , I just like your level and purposeful delivery. I certainly don’t always agree with you, but that’s good. Anyway keep it up!!
8:37 I agree strongly on this comment. Some people have just gotten so pessimistic that when they see something genuinely good, they immediately believe it's fake or smth, just cuz they're way more used to things being horrible. That mindset is really smth we gotta push away from.
I love these little talks xisuma does, because he speaks with no bias, as far as I can tell, and he's extremely open to discussing topics that would normally be controversial in a calm manner without ever getting heated. You can't say that about too many people.
my take is that such a mrbeast video also makes people aware of such treatments or surgeries existing and thus even through sharing it raising awareness to treating blindness. additionally he needs money to use money to help people, youtube is his money source, thus sharing it inspires people to also be helpful/tell people about such a procedure and also allows them to do more of those in the future. i see nothing wrong with this. i also wouldnt call it performative activism because hes actually doing something good. hes just showing it off, and just that doesnt make things bad
9:20 totally agree. Had a stupid day today and had to run to the shops in the evening, I went in with a frown and out with a smile just because the cashier was so incredibly friendly and upbeat. Almost went back to tell her
I think the video mostly brought light on the situation that alot can be done for those people by helping with donations at those clinics so they can help those who can't afford it. it brings awarness and that is awsome.
i liked the new mrbeast video. I think it was inspiring to see the difference one person can have on so many lives. i watched that and thought about how I can help people to.
I think that mr beast has put a perspective out there that all blindness can be cured but sadly it can’t and all they showed in the video is clearing up Cataracs. But at the same time him helping people out or donating his money to make people better
honestly, the fact that this situation is controversial means that we’ve hit the absolute bottom of the barrel as a society. like… he _helped 1000 blind people see._ he changed their lives for the better. even if he had greedy intentions (and I still don’t think he did), he still did an awesome deed.
So many people don't realize that he reinvest the vast majority of what he makes. He lives out of a studio apartment, because he doesn't care to have a fancy house, he opened up a food bank that he funds himself to help people, one of his second channels is "Mr.Beast philanthropy" Where its just about him and his team helping people around the world, bringing water to villages that don't have it, rebuilding homes/schools, providing food and health care etc... And people are like "He doesn't need to film it and post it..." but they don't understand by filming it and posting it, he is firstly achieving his dream of making the best videos, and most importantly getting more money to reinvest and help more people. His platform atm is basically Help people, film it, profit off the video, reinvest it to help more people, film it, profit off the video and repeat... its just he puts some of that aside for himself and reinvest into more fun based videos as well, and his fun videos are never just about him or his friend he always get dozens or hundreds of random people and there is always a prize and someone is always getting help from it, and all the stuff he buys for the video is giving hundreds possibly thousands of people work... I can understand not being a fan, but the dude is a net positive in our society whether you like him or not.
twitter mfs are hearing of charity and philanthropy for the first time
"But my professor told me that only the state can make peoples' lives better."
@@harbl99 damn you really got us, damn centuries of theory down the drain
I think the conversation people are thinking about isn't to make it cost less than 10k its to distribute 10k to those who need it. However there are only so many doctors so its a complicated thing to solve.
here's the way i see it. no matter what your stand is. if you think he is really kind for doing it. or think he is just doing it as a cash grab and farm views. 1000 people have had their lives changed for the better. and no matter how you look at it. thats a great thing. also this is what MrBeast does. sure he makes a lot of money and views from the video. then takes a portion of it. enough money to cover his cost of living. but the overwhelming majority of it goes to the next video and helping more people.
this just shows. people will manage to find something wrong with anything, if it causes drama. kinda sad to be honest. im sure someone would be upset if someone found the cure to cancer and gave it to people for free.
There's a saying here that I can relate with this situation, something on the line of, "No matter how good you are, no matter how much your action benefits other, there will always be some people who will hate you."
I love these videos because all your takes come from a mindset that is the result of measured thinking with a pinch of optimism. Knowing your history I can tell you've really spent a lot of time incorporating different worldviews into your own to have become what you are today.
There's a difference between a powerful individual (such as MrBeast) being benevolent and the "poverty porn" that a lot of creators produce. I can't speak for MrBeast as I don't watch his content, but the tone is important when handling touchy topics like poverty and injustice. I've seen many a TikTok or UA-cam short where the creator is clearly belittling the impoverished person's position or making a spectacle of them (for example, things like toxic trust exercises that the disadvantaged stranger must pass in order to get the money). That's obviously not ok and shows bad faith. But, as you said, someone in a position of privilege doing something good for others isn't intrinsically a bad thing, and really should be seen more.
Edit: I am returning to this comment to clarify what I mean by "poverty porn" as it apparently has become a bit of a buzzword surrounding this "controversy." When I said "poverty porn," I was referring to content and shows that put the impoverished people in a position to be belittled or mocked. I'm _especially_ referring to certain TV shows where the narratives surrounding people's circumstances and personal affairs are manipulated to paint them as bad people as opposed to struggling people who did the best they could do with the hand they were dealt. From what I've heard of this MrBeast stunt, nothing of that sort has happened so I'll stand by what I said.
Someone in a position of privilege doing the bare minimum instead of tackling real issues is a problem actually
@Sierra I would bet there are plenty of ways _you_ could inconvenience yourself and go out of your way to make a stranger's day better that you choose not to do. Chastising someone for not doing "enough" does nothing but incentivise them to do nothing at all since their efforts are going to be belittled regardless. That comment is not the promotion of positive change you think it is.
You can speak out about systemic issues all day long, and I'd be with you on that, but nothing positive comes from attacking an individual who is openly going out of their way to do something good for others.
I was finally on the stream for one of these!
This is some really complex stuff. I like what you said about progress and changing the system. Instead of complaining about something, do something about it.
This also made think of "The ice bucket challenge" that was a big thing some years ago. It started out as a really awesome thing, spreading awareness. In the end though a lot of people cared more about getting attention than ALS.
Instead of commenting on individual acts, maybe we should explore how we humans act as a group and how we can work together to actualize the future we want.
I used to be in industry earning a lot of money - my aim in life was to earn enough to be able to be a philanthropist in some way. It seemed like a good thing, to play 'the game' in order to achieve good aims. People sometimes get overwhelmed by how shit the system is, and it blinds them into black/white thinking. I think everything is shades of grey. I've always felt that it's easier to make an impact from within, rather than fight from without. The challenge is to not forget that aim and get sucked in to being a slave to the machine. I always succeeded from within, and yet retained my essential 'me-ness'. I applaud ANY philanthropist who takes money from those who 'can' and give it to those who 'can't'.
This topic here in Spain is quite talked about (not on mrbeast 's videos, obviously, but other rich people donating money or things in general).
The richest Spanish person is Amancio Ortega (founder of the Inditex Group, the one of Zara, Pull and Bear, all of these). Well this man donates every one in a while some very expensive machine to hospitals or similar public places. Apart from the point that this should be taken care off by the governments the issue comes from who makes the donation. In this case in particular Ortega doesn't pay taxes in Spain, makes all of its products wherever it's cheaper (Bangladesh, Thailand...) but takes the good words and compliments when he does something like this.
There is no issue with what he did. The issue is that surgery to remove cataracts is simple, easy, and quick. It's far more expensive than it needs to be in the US. Our health care industry needs reform, badly. Especially when the price of insulin is more than 500x the cost to actually make it, it's needlessly expensive to the point where people die from not being able to afford enough of it.
Hi Xisumavoid, I normally do not comment on videos, but I just want to say that I really appreciate what you are doing with this channel and the person you are. If people would be more like you and look at a topic from different perspectives before judging, there would be way more understanding in the world.
One suggestion I have for a topic you might want to look into or discuss, is how about the progress of modern society has lead to detachment from it, because people are nowadays more easily distracted and have lost a lot of their natural habits. A good video about this topic you might want to check out is the Hunter-Gatherer's Survival Guide for the 21st Century from Fandabi Dozi.
Nice commentary as always. I would love to know what you think about the whole kurzgesagt drama. There is a new small video called "a defense of kurzgesagt" by llysis in which some of the arguments of the hated one are dissected and I would like to know if you agree with him.
For anyone not aware of the situation: about a month ago a UA-cam channel by the name of "The Hated One" portrait kurzgesagt as propagandists for billionaires, because they received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, open Philanthropy and some more billionaire organisations. Kurzgesagt made a reply to the "money" claims in the video and llysis to practically the whole argumentation and the logical fallacies in the video of the hated one.
I feel like it's better to look at "problems" as challenges that we may over come
94 years ago the great depression started. In the United States we are currently facing the worst economic crisis to happen since. A lot of good progress has been made in many fields, but as far as a sense of financial stability and freedom the United States goes, the country is severely backsliding. (This is happening in several other countries, as well, but I live in the US and will keep my comment to that.)
In the 1930's if your house was foreclosed and put up for auction, the community you lived in could help you buy it back. Now someone on the other side of the world will buy it within 10 minutes for 50% more than the market rate to make sure no one else can.
100 years ago is not a good measure currently, when 100 years ago people were at least able to trade skills and resources directly during their worst financial times. There has been a marked disappearance of close community and ability to trade resources directly instead of through money.
Capitalism violently fluctuates and even during the best times for capitalism, it still puts a marked focus on the eradication of community, in order to treat people as individual resources. We are in the middle of one of the worst financial times in history due to both a lack of individual financial resources and a lack of community engagement. Engagement which is intentionally discouraged by MANY of our government bodies because community leads to action against the people who are benefitting from this, and they don't want to stop benefitting from this.
"Compare what living like is today under capitalism compared to 100 years ago" is not currently a good defense of capitalisms less harmful qualities.
Meanwhile companies are reporting record profits across the board
What bugged me a bit more is that he gave someone a Tesla as well. And I feel like if his main aim was really helping people, he wouldn’t have bought that Tesla and instead used the money to help an extra 4 or so people.
You know when celebrities go on quiz shows to win money for charity? Well let’s say hypothetically they could win a maximum of £20000 but the celebrity only managed £5000. The thing is, the big company budgeted incase the celebrity won the maximum. And that extra £15000 instead of going to charity goes in the big company’s pockets. Instead of it seeming like they’re doing a good thing and giving £5000 to charity it just feels like they’re taking £15000 from charity.
That’s sort of what the Tesla felt like for me. Giving the guy a Tesla was a bit overkill. If he needs to get around that’s one thing. But with the money from that Tesla you could get a cheap car and cure 3 or 4 more people or blindness. Imagine you’re one of those 3 or 4 people who’re still blind because that money was allocated to a Tesla instead of your sight.
You are wrong. Mr. Beast can't just cure this person, cure that person. By your logic you are implying that he should have had cured more people, especially you didn't specified the limit of the people. If he would have done that, continued to cure more and more, he'd get less to help more the next time. That last sentence might be true, or not, regardless he made it possible that 1000 people can now see, and you want more and more? I understand it almost doesn't matter when it comes to good intentions (like restoring eyesight), but don't be greedy, appreciate what he did, and support him however you can, so in the next video he will help another dozen of people
Stop being negative, and take it slow and steady. Mr Beast has all the time in the world, nowhere to rush, nowhere to go. He will continue helping people, but we are no one to demand him to help the numbers we would like. Trust in him, he knows what he's doing. Again, stop being so negative
@@Eh......... I didn’t think I was being negative particularly. I was just pointing out something that bugged me. What would you prefer? Giving 1000 people their sight back and 1 a Tesla? Or giving 1004 people their sight back? It costs the same amount of money so you’re not asking Mr. Beast to spend more. Just to use the money allocated a little differently.
I don’t know about you. But I’d rather see those 4 extra people have their sight returned.
Well, 10,000 per operation is just in the US. I imagine it wasn't as expensive in most of the other countries at least.
It's always a treat to hear your thoughts on stuff like this. I agree with most of what you said, and I'm thankful to hear things I don't agree with as well. You always convey everything in a well thought out manner, and I appreciate that!
As someone from Canada where people with Cataracts can get it taken care of without a cent of money coming out of their pocket directly, I can understand the frustration at a system where an influencer needs to deem the issue content worthy for a person to ever have a CHANCE of getting it taken care of.
America's healthcare system continues to prove itself to only support the people in higher class, leaving the disabled and sick people further into poverty due to lack of welfare.
I try my best to be kind to strangers but it can be difficult because people will give u a weird look sometimes and then your mind will think about the weird interactions instead of the good ones
In my country we don't have free healthcare. We have mandatoey insurance. Making insurance mandatory keeps the price of the insurance down. To make it a little bit fair we have an owm risk. Which means that the first couple hundred euro's of the year you have to pay yourself. This system means that you often pay for your daily medicine, but when your are in hospital you reach the limit of your own risk and your insurance will pay.
The problem isn’t that MrBeast made the video, it’s that this is a problem in the first place and that a youtuber is the one trying to solve it
There's a lot to be mad at MrBeast for. I didn't think this would be one of them.
Give me an example cuz I can't think of anything
@@GeekyKiko some would consider his old content to be tasteless, I myself think it's funny
@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan ye he does call people ”retard” a lot and it's quite ableist.
@@nuklearboysymbiote some of the most progressive and/or family friendly people on this platform used to be completely fine with edgy humor
@@nuklearboysymbiote A word or phrase is never absolute. The context in which a certain word is used is of utmost importance to analyzing whether or not the intent or effect is of an ableist/racist/sexist nature. Retroactively applying a modern perspective to events that happened years ago can prove progress that has been made, but they rarely provide an accurate representation of motives or morality in that time. Saying terms like Mr. Beast used to say was considered normal and not offensive by many. In fact, even now there are plenty of regions in the world where that word is still used as a synonym to “idiot”. It is extremely dangerous to view another culture through your own culture.
As a thought experiment, let’s say that a foreigner moves to your country. In their culture, it is a sign of utmost disrespect to reach out your hand for a handshake. Does that mean that you are an extremely rude person? No, because these are two different cultures. The same philosophy can be applied to the use of diction in different cultures. Unless it causes direct, immediate harm to a community, labeling speech as ableist/sexist/racist is a slippery slope. If Mr Beast and his friends within his community pretty much unanimously agreed that saying these phrases was inoffensive and was just a joke, then it is true that in that time and place, saying those words was not offensive and meant in an ableist/sexist/racist way. Social norms especially in regards to speech and diction can change over time, and that’s ok. What matters now is that Mr Beast is respectful to the current social norms and doesn’t intentionally go out of his way to harm someone.
I like he brings attention to important topics while trying to do a good thing, nevermind that it might be controversial, it then gets more attention. What is funny from a European perspective is, that the US is on the same level as the third world countries in terms of healthcare for less fortunate people
About the end thing about capitalism: In capitalism there's a free market which enables a small group of wealthy individuals to exploit the majority of people. Socialism or socialist capitalism is a mix between communism and capitalism. Capitalism still drives the economy, but there are systems in place to protect anyone against exploitation. It also ensures that everyone can live a proper life. Of course there isn't a single system where everything goes right and there isn't a single system that fits everyone's lifestyle. But I believe that socialism or socialist capitalism has the most benefits for the most people
The reason why it's "bad" to do good in public is because you shouldn't be focused on _appearing_ good, but just on _being_ good. If MrBeast really is doing this with a good heart, then he has done nothing wrong. As far as everyone else is concerned, we can never know for sure. He seems honest to me, though.
wish i had a friend like you . I mean a friend period would be nice but i really like how u look at things man i need someone like u.
Wow, that's a very wise way at looking at things
I haven't seen the video but thumbnail etc just feel kinda dystopian to me
As someone said, its mostly because we got used to people doing acts of kindness out Exposure like some UA-camrs used to did where they gave homeless people money. Difference is that those usually give some miniscule amount (which to be fair is still welcome to do so cuz it can change someone's life) while earning way more that makes it look like doing it for the sake of earning more for yourself. Which cant be really said for someone like Jimmy because his spending are astronomical and come with quality. Both of them play the same game, its Just that Mr. Beast learned how to perfect it to the level where its insane amount of money while being human enough in comparison to some others.
Instead of adding to this conversation, I'm just gonna point out the funny pronunciation of the word 'controversy'.
I don’t watch mr. Beast’s video’s so I didn’t know what was going on, but I understand both sides. I think it’s morally questionable to make money of disabilities and I would probably be frustrated if I was blind and saw him making money of that. Then again, there are so many ways of making money and charity/helping others seems like one of the better ones, even if the ultimate goal would be to make money. The means justify the end so to say.
My opinion on this is that he did a good thing, helping 1000 people and highlighting the system that’s at fault. I’m glad that it’s possible these days to make a living out of this.
The internet: "He's so rich. He should help people with those money."
Mr. Beast: *helps the unfortunate*
The internet: "That's disgusting that he is making video out of it!"
Bro... How the hell he supposed to help when he can't do his job that enables him to help people.
In the negativity bias section, when you started talking about being kind to one another by doing simple little things that are polite and friendly. It feels good hearing others encourage this type of behavior.
I haven’t watched yet X but I love Mr. Beast I can’t hate him the curing blindness video had me in tears. The system is broken and he’s doing everything he can I feel.
i think its good because he spread the word now more people will know and more people will get cured
Being able to make money while doing good is really good. It allows you to do even more good.
My mom just had the operation, paid through our tax system so no need for my parents or me and my family to come up with the money ourselves. My parents are retired and I work as a teacher so none of us have a lot of money. We live in Denmark and pay 37% in tax, I have a good salary but again, without tax funded operations we would have been really stuck.
As somebody studying Deaf Culture, and learning ASL I understand that there's culture for Blind people too, but these people are choosing to have vision, right? Like he's not doing it against their will.
And as for him making videos about helping people, THAT'S THE REASON HE CAN HELP PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PLACE!
People: Well if it's only $10,000 then why don't the blind people just pay for it?
Thinking person: But they would money to do that so they would need a job.
People: Well then get a job then...
Thinking person: But how do they get a job or get to a job if they are blind? How do they drive a car for example?
People: .....
What's wrong with the system is that we expect blind people to work the same jobs/income as ordinary people but then we give them no way to do that (like expecting them to drive a car to work for example), then we expect them to pay for their own insurance (which comes from your job in the USA) to pay for a procedure in a healthcare system that already costs too much, (where even just one medical bill will break you). Then pay for it so that they can get their sight back, so they can earn the income and job of an average everyday person, and by doing so get access to insurance and lower rates thus lowering the cost of medical procedures... but instead we complain about them and wonder why they are so much poorer than everyone else.
So people are complaining that Mr. beast made a video where he got the sight of 1000 people back so they can go and contribute to their families and societies again. Dang hope he never runs a non-profit can you imagine if he put pictures of the people he cured on the pamphlets he gave out asking for people to donate money to help people see again! Yeah, people are dumb, if he makes more money than good he can help more people, it's how it works, you can't fix people for free (that would be nice), but that's not how it works. I'm just happy for the 1000 people who got their sight back!
In my opinion, while his motives were not purely altruistic, MrBeast's actions to cure and otherwise remove the blindness of a thousand people should not be demonized as him doing "Poor Tourism" or making a cheap buck off of the suffering of others (which was greatly alleviated in his video).
Yes, It's morally best that he would've done this for no gain but for the aid of others, but not every Hero should be required to be purely Altruistic as long as a good deed is done without harming others in the process.
Those are just my thoughts on the matter.
No one criticises the doctor that profit from doing the surgery, doesn't he get paid a wage for his work🤯. Mr Beast makes a good video that funds people cataract surgery and gives loads of money to some people on hard times as well. It's a win for everyone. If he makes some money for his time as well, like the doctor, who cares. Why demonise someone for using their influence for doing something good? It will only make someone else think twice before doing something good like this again. Plus a lot of his videos are philanthropy to someone on hard times so why is this different. Keep making people lives better Mr Beast ❤️
I dont get, why people are getting mad NOW. Mr Beast has always done this: Help people, mostly by giving them lots of money, and get the money back from UA-cam ads and sponsorships. He HAS to make videos, that is how he makes money! You dont have to like that, but there is NO difference, whether he just throws money at people (money they could then use to e.g. pay for eye operations!) or whether he "heals" them directly for a video.
I saw the title in my 'subscriptions' and thought: "mad?!". Glad I watched it, it has some interestion opinions in it!
X you seem to be one of the few people on the internet that consistantantly have good, well thought out takes. I admire how you strive to see reasonable arguments on both sides of a myriad of issues and avoid stirring up drama or falling into crowd thinking.
As positive as this seems, there's a dark sheen on it. Disability should not encourage profitability. I don't follow Mr. Beast, I don't know him in any way, but it's not a good situation for 'monetization'. I fully understand that his given intentions are charitable, and I truely hope that's his true self. The world needs people who genuinly care for others and it's definitely an indictment of a rotting healthcare system. America is behind on providing essential healthcare and a lot of it has to do with the money invested in the system. It's hard to say if Mr. Beast's charitability will help or hinder change in that system, but I can seperate from that opinion to say, I'm glad he helped people. Controversy or no.
I guess I've gotten used to seeing people being exposed for staging animal rescue videos, or putting sad piano music behind clips of them giving money to those who need it just to get a few clicks, and because of this I kinda just scrolled away from his video thinking nothing of it?
When it comes to these kinds of things, I think I need to start thinking what their intentions are for making the video in the first place. To make them look like a good person, or to send a message about a conversation that needs to be had?
I did not expect my silly take to be in here.
To expand on what I said, getting mad at a person for bringing this issue to light is rather odd. Being able to see can give people a lot of independence, as well as reduce some costs in their lives, which - if you don’t have the money for a surgery of this price - is probably REALLY helpful.
We should be angry after seeing the video, yes, not at Mr Beast, but like I said: at the broken system in place.
No one should be forced to be disabled if they have the option not to be.
Xisuma, some day I'd really like to sit and have a chat with you over a coffee or a beer. Whether it's music, or world events, happenings in the gaming space... whatever you're offering perspective on, you've got a centered, rational insight, and you communicate it effectively.
It's appreciated, friend.
The right thing can be done for the wrong reasons. Or what can appear to be the wrong reason.
You are correct, X, that the problem with absolutes is that they are extremes. In a society, we'll never have solutions that are one-size fits all, most, or at best a few. It always makes me think of Spock. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one." And we have trouble looking at things from that perspective. It's a logical standpoint. It can be a moral gray area. It means pulling away those emotions attached to the decisions, the situation's optics, and look at instead what was accomplished even if there were some sort bad taste left behind.
Anyway, *now* looking at it from a personal perspective, vision loss is a subject that hits close to home. Without my glasses I can't even get around my room. With my glasses, I still have sight issues that I adjust everything around. I haven't watched Mr. Beast's video but I don't like the choice of words, curing blindness, because that implies a miracle, almost some other worldly in nature cure. And that Mr. Beast somehow did the curing himself, not the doctors. Blindness caused by cataracts is usually correctable; it is not the only cause of blindness. I'm not minimizing the condition, but it is typically a recoverable condition unless you've left the cataracts untreated for a long time. I have some on the underneath of my eyes which cause minimal cloudiness in the bottom peripheral range. I think this particularly struck me because I'm legally blind without my glasses, not eligible for laser, I still use accessibility aids because of my eyesight, and I somewhat understand how much it means to not be able to see. In one of the recipient's places, I'd be full of gratitude but he didn't do the curing. He made it possible. Semantics are everything.
At least one absolute is correct and that's that Capitalism is destroying human life on this planet
LES SGOO YOU ALWAYS KNOW ITS A GOOD DAY WHEN A XISUMASAYS VID COMES OUT :DDDD
MrBeast wants to help the world and help those who have blindness who want to see clearly and experience the beauty of our world
Why do ppl think it’s performative? MrBeast makes it VERY clear he’s doing this because he genuinely loves making people happy. And either way, he cured 1000ppl from being blind.
Xisuma damn, you're worldviews are insanely helpful to me, they're like the cure for pessimism. And your comment section is very wholesome! That's rather rare here in UA-cam :)
my main concern when i saw that video was the fact that he felt the need to place himself in the thumbnail next to the kid. That kinda struck me as him trying to seek validation for the good thing he did rather than doing it just for the sake of it. Ultimately i dont think ive ever watched one of his videos so I can't say for sure, but thats at least how it comes across initially
From what I understand mr beasts thumbnails are very carefully created to maximize views. Not saying this is a bad thing at all, he needs each video to be successful so he can continue doing what he is doing. I don’t even think he creates his own thumbnails, as he has professionals that create the most enticing thumbnails for him.
The dude is a good guy definitely, everything he does is to allow himself to do bigger and better things for people
It is his brand, almost all of his videos have him in their thumbnails
Also he isn't the one who creates the thumbnails
xisuma needs to start a podcast like i would listen to this stuff all the time also i think that even if mr beast had bad intentions he still helped 1,000 people. he has helped so many other people in so many different ways it would be hard to believe that he wants to do it to help himself, not others
The only thing I worry about is when he uses money as an incentive to make people do stressful and potentially dangerous things in some of his challenge videos. He seems to have moved away from some of that tho or only has other creators do the challenges but i always worry that the people in his videos may feel they have to partake even if they don’t actually feel comfortable with the challenge/being filmed bc they need the money but if he’s selecting them carefully and making sure not to hold the money over them to make them do things I take no issue with him filming it
It becomes wrong to do this when the intent is solely/mostly for yourself - if Mr beast had done this simply to make money and get views, then yes, this would be immoral. He has stated several times that his primary goal is to make a lot of money so as to use it to help those in need, and he plans on making that money through videos. Knowing that - overall, this video he made accomplishes two good things - it raises money for Mr. Beast to put towards other giving opportunities, and it raises awareness of these issues with his audience. The only bad I could see coming from this is it looks like he's exploiting sick/disabled people for money, but if you study the intent with his videos, you'll see this is not the case.
An immoral thing to do would be to spread false motive without doing your research or understanding the situation, a thing it seems most people are doing here. I hope that Mr. Beast's business model of making videos of himself helping people to get more money to make bigger videos of himself helping people grows exponentially, because people in need of help are being helped. It shouldn't matter how this is being done (with some exceptions), so long as people are being helped.
The order is something like this:
Doing good things simply to help people.
Doing good things for you own benefit.
Doing nothing.
Doing bad things for your own benefit.
Doing bad things simply to hurt people.
People have always been asking for positive role models and now we have a massively successful person that does good things and because of it is so succesful. This in turn might inspire others to follow in his footsteps. Maybe it starts with wanting fame, but doing good feels good and those that follow will see and understand what it means to do good to others.
Very good video Xisuma
Ok, I’m sorry to go off topic here, but it’s not every video that one can really concentrate on your build and I was just wondering if you can open the top chests in your storage room? Or are they there just for aesthetics? Or can you open them?
The issue is overgeneralization in the issue of charity on BOTH sides. Yes, there are some people who do charities to "clean" their image e.g. Rockefeller or Carnegie Foundation as well as it is their passion to help people. Most of the drama is based on the former argument.