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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It just feels wrong, and I can’t quite explain why.

It's essentially throwing a slab of meat into an arena and watching the starved poors fight to the death over it, then watching while you're served the equivalent of thanksgiving dinner by your butler/maids in a safe climate controlled room.

There comes a point where "philanthropy" simply becomes rich people making games for the poors to win a "prize" and seeing how they react for their own entertainment rather than any sort of benevolence. The lambo example seems pretty much spot on for that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So Mr Beast is basically inventing the Hunger Games... sounds about right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah hunger games was to impose fear and prevent a political uprising and revolution. Mr Beast is just the old bloke from squid game lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is a really good analogy.