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MrBeast: Capitalism & Philanthropy

Then & Now: Philosophy, History & Politics

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The Depoliticisation of Philanthropy

Money loves a man of the people image, a self-made man. Fox News has starred itself as a kind of defender of the working class. The ethics of helping others cannot be reduced to an exchange for entertainment. When we uncritically leave philanthropy in the hands of big tech moguls, YouTube personalities, oil barons and clintons then what happens? We get empty libraries and more food banks and lower wages. I don't give the homeless man a penny and expect a little jig in return. Morality does not arise from a positive sum exchange,. I don’t give the homelessman a penny and expects a little jigs in return. If you want

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