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At this point he's quite likely the majority shareholder of a fast food empire, a chocolate bar company, and the owner of the Youtube channel. On top of that t

At this point he's quite likely the majority shareholder of a fast food empire, a chocolate bar company, and the owner of the Youtube channel. On top of that there is a layer of distribution deals and sub-channels (I mean there's even a Mr. Beast in Español channel). I suspect that early on much of it was carried on the back of personal and business debt, but once the fast food division took off it all made more sense. I also don't like where this is heading culturally, and while I find him odd, his crew or whatever the other members are seem incredibly annoying and vapid. It's also through watching Mr Beast videos, that every Westerner should immediately be able to understand why so much of the world has varying degrees of hate towards the West.

n-i-g-g-e-r 4y ago
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Krighsu 4y ago
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Applejinx 4y ago
I think it's extremely plausible that he dumps all his earnings back into furthering his empire. It's the Amazon model, but for a personality (Bezos profits off Amazon beating all its competitors at executing on being an online store, MrBeast profits off beating all his competitors at being a youtuber) It's basically an endgame for capitalism. When you lower the friction of engagement and globalize everything so it becomes possible to try and be the winner of 'the market' as in the WORLD, there will be people in control who insist on being THE winner even if it costs them. It makes perfect sense that MrBeast dumps all his money back into YouTube attention, and it makes perfect sense that he conducts money give-aways to immunize himself against criticism, and everything that he makes (and re-gives) also makes YouTube money, so they are deeply invested in aligning with him and his approach. He is not ABOUT bringing a return on his investments (or indeed, fairly paying or treating his own employees). He is about beating the market, about winning, and anything else is disposable externalities. He paid off his mom's house when it became trivial for him to do so. When he dies, it all collapses. He's not building anything except that he's cementing YouTube dominance.

n-i-g-g-e-r 4y ago

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Krighsu 4y ago

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Applejinx 4y ago

I think it's extremely plausible that he dumps all his earnings back into furthering his empire. It's the Amazon model, but for a personality (Bezos profits off Amazon beating all its competitors at executing on being an online store, MrBeast profits off beating all his competitors at being a youtuber) It's basically an endgame for capitalism. When you lower the friction of engagement and globalize everything so it becomes possible to try and be the winner of 'the market' as in the WORLD, there will be people in control who insist on being THE winner even if it costs them. It makes perfect sense that MrBeast dumps all his money back into YouTube attention, and it makes perfect sense that he conducts money give-aways to immunize himself against criticism, and everything that he makes (and re-gives) also makes YouTube money, so they are deeply invested in aligning with him and his approach. He is not ABOUT bringing a return on his investments (or indeed, fairly paying or treating his own employees). He is about beating the market, about winning, and anything else is disposable externalities. He paid off his mom's house when it became trivial for him to do so. When he dies, it all collapses. He's not building anything except that he's cementing YouTube dominance.