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.

  • Sushi_Desires
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    2 years ago

    Liv has done a bunch of stuff about him, https://youtu.be/3D2U4crkdB0 and her work tends to be founded in [academic] philosophy

    Really, watch liv's video. Others have made valid critiques of his actions and whatnot, but what makes him TRULY uncanny is something that is much deeper and related to the way that all the content is really a heartless, cheap, and undetailed simulation of what it is meant to represent

    liv points out in the Mr Beast does Squid Game video, that beast, instead of having the contestants play the titular Squid Game in the final round, makes them instead play musical chairs. Because to beast what matters is not a faithful representation of the object or act, but rater a grand opulent display they can point to to say "hey look we did squid game in real life" to generate clicks