Yeah we all hate the guy but I'm having trouble explaining exactly why he's so despicable, like in a cohesive way. Yeah he makes people jump through hoops for crumbs but that feels like it's not the whole of why he's abhorrent.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    probably because he's a propagandist primarily targeting children

    there's also something insidious about how his entire thing is this extravagant, reckless use of his wealth, right? but in reality it's all very meticulously planned to hit the right buttons on the YouTube algorithm and get in the heads of the audience. But it has an air of spontaneity of this rich guy living it up spraying money everywhere. It's presenting an unspoken danger that he could very well lose all his money on this next wild scheme of his, but that danger doesn't exist. It's all theatrics and he's still going to be rich. It's like how modern country artists pretend like they're working class.

    • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      He literally gets sponsors to pay for his videos. He may have been at financial risk at first with his older videos, but he takes no risk at all now

      • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I mean even with earlier videos wouldn't he be able to tax hole such losses via his company or though his own individual business expenditures as a small time business owner?