• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      he needs to branch out as his “audiences ages out” i dont how much that lunchly drama hurt his views, but he seems to be desperate to pivot to something else.

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      23 hours ago

      Madoff only went to prison because he stole from rich people. Stealing from regular people is basic business practice

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        May I introduce you to the concept of “rent”? Basically, I pay you for a job and give you a place to live but you have to pay me back for living there. It is not slavery, because we both pay for a service.

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    Mr Beast is the best modern candidate for the Antichrist for sure. I’ve never seen grown ass adults get more defensive over some random YouTube guy.

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      The people at the front desk where I work sell his shit for him, cheap wax chocolate that cost 5$ and other crap. He makes bank selling the most shit things he can find to phone zombies.

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      24 hours ago

      With that amount of money it’s basically impossible to fail unless he actively involves himself to fuck shit up

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      It does not fail. Every kid knows his name, so he can rip them of before their costomers lean how banks work, and how to spot good deals or red flags. Every video he makes will be an ad for his bank on the YouTube homepage.

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        I was truly baffled when my boy used to watch him. He’d make money from ad revenue, then would also star in the ads about his own products which I assume he got paid for that and then makes money from increased sales. And in between his show being an ad for himself and his next grift the whole shtick was being so generous that he gave his mom a house.

        Its like everywhere that man looked its just moneymoneymoneymoney and kids think its in any way honest.

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          What’s even crazier is he freely admits to this.

          He continues to freely admit that the best way to get views is to be seen as rich and generous because kids love that stuff.

          He only knows how to YouTube and Market and he says this all the time.