Several Nigerian content creators are mimicking American superstar YouTuber MrBeast by publishing charitable deeds as content online.
Several Nigerian content creators are mimicking American superstar YouTuber MrBeast by publishing charitable deeds as content online.
I’m against it because it is making money at the expense of others dignity. Also it is an appropriation and conflation of kindness and generosity with wealth, which undermines people’s self-esteem and celebrates consumerism as a solution to the problem of poverty, which has deeper systemic roots.
Is it worth being “against?” Seems like the kind of act that is best met with apathy at worst.
Oh, you gave some money away to make money. Okay?
For me it’s not just about money. It’s also about dignity and about universal human qualities. At best this kind of thing is an unfair trade and at worst it is material perversion of what is good about human nature.