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His videos make hundreds of millions of people happy and probably more likely to donate or be charitable. That seems like more than zero impact to me.



He's a greedy snot manufacturing consent for some kind of hunger games dystopia.


By this logic a casino is altruistic and charitable.


If the casino donated half its earnings many people would call it charitable. In fact charity poker is pretty common.


You are missing the point. A casino is already giving away a lot of money to a winner when somebody else is losing.


The latest Marvel movie makes hundreds of millions of people happy too.


They probably have a positive impact too


Exactly, but no one would call their creation Altruism.




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