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        5 months ago

        He donates to a bunch of noble causes, and people like to see that. For example building 100 homes for people under the poverty line

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          5 months ago

          And it makes pathetic contrarians seethe because they have nothing going in their lives.

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            5 months ago

            People definitely go overboard with their criticisms, but there are legitimate criticisms to be made. While his philanthropy is objectively good and makes a positive difference in people’s lives, it does nothing to address the systemic causes of the problems he highlights.

            His content is also completely apolitical, which rubs people the wrong way when he covers topics a lot of people see as inherently political like extreme poverty, homelessness, and healthcare.

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              Were you also critical of Jimmy Carter for building homes for habitat for humanity?

              Because Carter helped build homes for decades after retirement without politicizing it or addressing the systemic causes.

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                Yes, because it’s not enough. It’s possible to acknowledge good work while also criticizing the ways that it falls short, otherwise we risk cheering for the drop-in-the-bucket charity that doesn’t challenge the status quo and credulously thinking our problems are being solved when more needs to be done.

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            5 months ago

            Well I’ve had a similar anti-most-popular-youtuber phase too with Pewdiepe too. Logic really went through the window with me, and I’ve also felt this phenomenon with MrBeast, and idk why.

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              I mean it’s better than reaction channels who say you should disable Adblock because they do this for free and you are a bad person if you enable Adblock (Michelle debris or something like this said this in a video)

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        5 months ago

        I suspect people watch it because it gives them that dopamine hit of helping someone, without actually doing anything. “Oh my gosh, he’s so charitable!”

        Commodified charity is a very effective way to get views and followers, so many people copy his format, doing “charity” for personal fame and gain - i’ve heard of some “charity” tubers/tokers that start selling ad space to fucking online casinos once they get enough viewers.

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          That he gets money from advertising increases the effect you described because simply by watching the video, they are contributing money to the charity they are watching.

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          5 months ago

          So those “charity” YouTubers let the online casinos have their ad space so those casinos can give them more homeless people…