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No surprise there. Good thing some officials try and do something about it.
by theZilber 1y ago
No surprise there. Good thing some officials try and do something about it.
- _zoltan_ 1y ago[flagged]
- ceejayoz 1y agoSo?
- thrance 1y agoNot really, no. There is extensive documentation showing his charity is way less than it appears to be, and selling overpriced unhealthy garbage to children negates what little goodwill he may have gained through it, in my book.
- jon-wood 1y agoSo if you donate money to charity then you get a pass on obeying the law and general morals? Is this like indulgences from the Pope? How much does a murder cost?
- dylan604 1y agoWell, yes, actually. That does seem to be the way of the world. Look how many 1%ers only make donations based on PR recommendations to keep their image in good standing. Funny you made a Pope joke, but it is common for people attending the Church to pay donations for absolution. As for your murder cost question, I guess that depends on which ad in the back of Soldier of Fortune you replied.
- gameman144 1y ago> but it is common for people attending the Church to pay donations for absolution This is not at all common and hasn't been for a few hundred years. (That said, your point about wealthy people making big donations as a PR move is definitely as prevalent as it ever was)
- mouse_ 1y agoIn a Mister Burns sorta way, I guess
- freedomben 1y agoThat giant disc to block out the sun to increase power consumption was pretty genius though
- shit_game 1y agoFalling for PR and advertising is a moral failing by which you are not even bothering to consider the reality of the situation.
- buellerbueller 1y agoThat is just effective altruism by another name.
- bcrosby95 1y agoIf I go out and randomly punch someone in the face but buy a homeless person dinner, hey, I did something good, but maybe I still shouldn't have done the former.
- uselesswords 1y agoYea but he’s not exactly going around randomly punching people in the face is he? Lot of moral grandstanding in this thread. He’s a human being and he’s not perfect but some of these comments calling him a psychopath or sycophant are going way too far. My psychoanalysis of everyone psychoanalyzing Mr Beast would be to turn the screen off and get some fresh air
- ceejayoz 1y ago> Yea but he’s not exactly going around randomly punching people in the face is he? I mean, not directly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrBeast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrBeast "In September 2024, Donaldson was one of the subjects of a class action lawsuit that alleged widespread mistreatment, sexual harassment, and unpaid expenses and wages on his ongoing reality television series."
- bcrosby95 1y agoActions have a statistical inevitability to them. I don't think it's much different than going out and randomly punching people in the face. When you have a lot of money and influence, and you have a choice between two policies: policy A which will statistically harm 1,000 people, and policy B which will statistically harm 1,500 people, it is no different, to me, than going around randomly punching 500 people you never had to. For some reason people give these choices a pass. I don't. I might give Mr. Beast a bit of a pass because there might be some ignorance involved. But for most people making these decisions, that live within large corporations, I don't, because they know better, they just don't care.
- doublerabbit 1y agoNo. He has no compassion nor authenticity for what he does. He's been doing it to paint an image to mask what's goes on behind the screen. He's a narcissistic psychopathic arsehole.
- SilverElfin 1y agoHe gained money for those good things through fraud https://youtu.be/k5xf40KrK3I https://youtu.be/k5xf40KrK3I
- semiquaver 1y agoNot officials. BBB is essentially Angie’s list.
- dylan604 1y agoThat's strange to me that you'd compare something that's been around longer to the thing that's more recent in this way
- ryandrake 1y agoThe point is that despite their deliberately confusing decision to have the word "Bureau" in their name, they have absolutely nothing to do with the government or anything official. They are as official as JD Power, Consumer Reports or Yelp. I wonder how many millions of people continue to be fooled by their deceptive name?
- dylan604 1y agoFederal Express is not part of the federal anything, yet nobody is confused by that.
- lesuorac 1y agoI'm sure people are confused by that. People get confused that the Chamber of Commerce isn't a government body.
- em-bee 1y agoeven more so as in some countries and industries membership is mandatory. but also, delegating certain responsibilities to non-govenment bodies does happen too. these then have quasi governmental authority.
- strangescript 1y agothis made me laugh