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> His $750-million company got that way entirely by exploiting people’s misery for views and profit

Uh, what? The guy runs big elaborate game shows. The contestants are thrilled for the chance to compete to win money. How could you spin that as exploiting people's misery?

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Because the competitions are, at least in part, about putting human misery on display for entertainment?

You're conflating different categories of his videos. Competition videos like Squid Game have volunteers who are participating willingly, with a few winners. And charity videos like "cure 1000 cataracts" also have willing participants, who all get surgery for free, no competition involved.

There are no Mr Beast videos where "miserable" people compete to get charity prizes.

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