The Ethics of MrBeast and Performative Charity

Ethicist Dallin Cooper reacts to the @MrBeast "Curing Blindness" video and the strangely passionate Twitter outrage that followed.

People are referring to it as performative charity, poverty porn, or charity porn. While there is some nuance between those terms, the point is that people are upset about Mr. Beast curing blind people. So let's figure out why, and whether there's any validity to the outrage.

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Timestamps
0:00 Mr Beast's Blindness Video
0:33 Twitter Gets Mad (As Always)
1:04 Performative Charity Exploits People
2:18 Performative Charity Distracts From Real Issues
3:18 Is Mr Beast Charity Porn?
5:10 People Are Mad The World Is Unfair
6:23 Is Mr Beast Exploiting People?
7:53 Conclusion: Final Verdict On Mr Beast

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