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  • dreamer@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    For sure but Mr. Beast doesn’t actually keep any of the money for himself.

    • lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      He does though. You can’t build fancy sets and put on huge productions without having money. Like yeah, Jimmy might not have millions of dollars in his personal bank account, but his business sure does.

      • nbafantest@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        He frequently talks about it. Often his videos costs about as much as they make.

        He just likes doing the videos and helping people

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          1 year ago

          My point is its batshit insane we have half the population unable to afford a fly farting on their car while a noticeable portion is able to gift people life transformations. You can’t mitigate all failures on an individual level, people will lose and get hurt, but this is beyond individual responsibility. Its self-gratification and excuberate indulgence on a scale that would make Slaanesh cum. If any of these people truly wanted to help people and not just play Saint Lottery, they would use their power to lobby for better regulations and worker conditions. Since money is free speech you know.