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One of the top YouTubers at the moment is a guy named MrBeast. His selling point to get views is basically him giving away obscene amounts of money/material goods to random individuals.
“The World’s First Free Store”:
View: https://youtu.be/n6qc4LHN2KQ
“Giving $10,000 to Random People...”:
View: https://youtu.be/xhIYirjB4Yc
and most recently...
“I Opened a Free Car Dealership”:
View: https://youtu.be/3LLnjRLrvLU
At first, when he did this once or twice I was like “oh, how generous of him”.
At this point, however, he’s done this sort of thing probably over 20 times. And now I’m having some critical thoughts on the repercussions of such acts.
DeMarco frequently emphasizes being against shortcuts and being event-focused instead of process-focused. He (it seems to me anyway) disdains laziness and those who contribute little to the world but expect a lot in return.
However, what this YouTuber does for people is basically going against all of that by rewarding too many individuals (probably has rewarded >1000 individuals at this point) obscene amounts of money for doing and contributing absolutely nothing to society (in terms of the moment in which they get their $10,000+ reward — not their life as a whole).
If this continues, as it obviously has been so far, and influences others to do things similar to people who may or may not need it (it’s not even just for the poor), wouldn’t this cause inflation of some sort to the American dollar? If everyone’s rich, no one is rich.
Any time you’re averaging 10m+ views a video on YouTube, you’re having some sort of influence on the world. And he’s definitely not the only one who has started to do this sort of thing.
I just think this goes against the capitalist spirit. People work their asses off to make this world a better place, while a significant number of other individuals are now getting rewarded obscene amounts of money for contributing a b s o l u t e l y nothing. Isn’t that kind of socialism?
I know, I know, maybe I’m exaggerating the effect. But big things start small, and I really don’t like the idea of thousands of people (and growing) getting rewarded obscene amounts of money for contributing jack squat to the world.
Most people probably love the guy. I’m probably in the minority. Anyway, your personal thoughts?
“The World’s First Free Store”:
“Giving $10,000 to Random People...”:
and most recently...
“I Opened a Free Car Dealership”:
At first, when he did this once or twice I was like “oh, how generous of him”.
At this point, however, he’s done this sort of thing probably over 20 times. And now I’m having some critical thoughts on the repercussions of such acts.
DeMarco frequently emphasizes being against shortcuts and being event-focused instead of process-focused. He (it seems to me anyway) disdains laziness and those who contribute little to the world but expect a lot in return.
However, what this YouTuber does for people is basically going against all of that by rewarding too many individuals (probably has rewarded >1000 individuals at this point) obscene amounts of money for doing and contributing absolutely nothing to society (in terms of the moment in which they get their $10,000+ reward — not their life as a whole).
If this continues, as it obviously has been so far, and influences others to do things similar to people who may or may not need it (it’s not even just for the poor), wouldn’t this cause inflation of some sort to the American dollar? If everyone’s rich, no one is rich.
Any time you’re averaging 10m+ views a video on YouTube, you’re having some sort of influence on the world. And he’s definitely not the only one who has started to do this sort of thing.
I just think this goes against the capitalist spirit. People work their asses off to make this world a better place, while a significant number of other individuals are now getting rewarded obscene amounts of money for contributing a b s o l u t e l y nothing. Isn’t that kind of socialism?
I know, I know, maybe I’m exaggerating the effect. But big things start small, and I really don’t like the idea of thousands of people (and growing) getting rewarded obscene amounts of money for contributing jack squat to the world.
Most people probably love the guy. I’m probably in the minority. Anyway, your personal thoughts?
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