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Africa isn’t one thing, so generalizations are dangerous at best. Lots of places aren’t run by feudal lords.
Africa is, on the whole, economically far more prosperous today than it was 20 years ago and foreign aid has saved millions of lives.
There’s more to the world of philanthropy than MrBeast.
It's definitely a PR campaign and virtue signal he is a good guy, but I wouldn't doubt his water wells are fake (or in your case, not valid evidence of anything).
and they may be real, but like a lot of feel good charity things, it's not about building them, it's building ones that are sustainable and that the locals will actually use.
beast shows up, digs some holes, gets some smiles, but all of those holes will require maintenance and tools for the local population to use. they may not be built to withstand local conditions, and don't have real community involvement.
in a year they'll just be another route for nasty shit to leach into the ground, and beast will be on to his next showboating bullshit feelgood episode
They raised an enormous amount of money that unfortunately was stolen by an African warlord, and the ones who's hearts were in the right place were hung out to dry over it. Stuff like that erodes my faith in humanity.
Thanks. I knew I'd get downvoted for it. That's why I warned about unpleasantcy in my comment.
> They raised an enormous amount of money that unfortunately was stolen by an African warlord, and the ones who's hearts were in the right place were hung out to dry over it. Stuff like that erodes my faith in humanity.
Exactly my point, you put it better than my crude comment.