re: MrBeast builds 100 wells in Africa, attracting praise – and some criticism

Don’t feed the bears

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Mr Beast 100 wells is disrespect to Africans - He described the entire Africa as a village with its people living in huts - He projected that all Africans lack good drinking water - Wells in 2023 is offensive; why not boreholes or pipe-borne water? - Africans do not need water donation; we ain't that poor and thirsty. - Africa is a continent with 54 countries: he must be specific where he went - This is capitalism; he wanna low-key use these countries for protit - He has set Africans for global ridicule by building wells we never asked him

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So, humans originated in Africa and they still can’t get access to clean water until some YouTuber shows up? Yep. Definitely racist!

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Is it really charity if you do it for clicks, likes, and shares in an effort to make ad revenue?

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More money made for him also means more money he can give to the numerous charities he has given too

Would you rather these people not be helped at all?

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I’ve been doing this for 15 years, but we’ve been struggling to continue the work because funding, awareness, and advocacy all take work.” And then, she added, “overnight, this person comes along, who happens to be a white male figure with a huge platform, and all of a sudden, he gets all of the attention. It’s kind of frustrating, but it’s also understanding the nature of how the world is.”

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“I’m incompetent and incapable of getting the job done and I’m mad a white man makes me look like the idiot I am”

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Is it really charity if you do it for clicks, likes, and shares in an effort to make ad revenue?

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This rabbit hole is funny, because if you take it to the nth degree, you'll always run into the fact people do charity because it makes them feel good in some way, shape, or form. True charity that the person gets absolutely no benefit in any way, shape, or form just does not exist in the real world.

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Is it really charity if you do it for clicks, likes, and shares in an effort to make ad revenue?

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Initially, I was torn over this guy, thinking similarly to you. However, he dumps a crap load of the money his videos generate back into the projects he works on. As a rule, I don't care for the "look at me" nature of some people's charitable efforts. It is off-putting. Mr. Beast seems to have found a loophole of sorts in this social-media-driven world we live in that allows him to get shite done.

Do I like the unashamed clickbaitiness of his videos? Not at all, but he's been successful in his goals. Hell, I got tickled when he invited Brian Shaw, of all people, to do a collab video. He had Shaw deadlift a car a few times and then gave him a brand new Mustang just for showing up. Shaw didn't need or want the car, he couldn't even fit in the thing, and probably sold it before getting on his flight back home. It was all for the clicks, which drives his charitable efforts, just like the "I Cured [so many people's] Blindness" title of one of his videos. He paid for some folks to have cataract surgery. Some morons out there, though, believe he actually, legitimately "cured blindness".

Pretty amazing really. Our church has built wells in partnership with private organizations in Ghana for many years. We're up to about 20 and depending on the type of well needed for the area, they are not cheap.

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We have enough problems right here in America, why doesn’t that motherfricker do some shite here?

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We have the means to help ourselves, but we are more worried about fighting and funding foreign wars that are none of our business.