A look at the darker side of MrBeast’s philanthropy and the wider philanthrocapitalist model it's a part of. Looking specifically at #teamseas and a partnership with Jennie-O, I attempt to untangle how corporations and conglomerates like Coca-Cola, chemical and oil companies, and big meat monopolies all have a vested interest in financing certain ‘philanthropic’ projects while side-lining others. This is a story that takes some surprising twists and turns, from whitewashing, greenwashing & ‘funwashing’ sponsorships, to illegal price-fixing, an endemic of farmer suicides, and leaked corporate emails to influence charities. Examining the roots and consequences of ‘philanthrocapitalism’ tells us a lot about how lobbying works under modern capitalism. This is a long video, but it’ll be worth it to tell this story properly.

Chapters:

00:00 - MrBeast
03:26 - Preface – American Mythology
07:52 - Chapter 1 – Jimmy the Capitalist
15:12 - Chapter 2 – The Birth of Philanthrocapitalism
27:58 - Chapter 3a – MrBeast’s Philanthropy – Big Meat Conglomerates
39:58 - Chapter 3b – MrBeast’s Philanthropy – #TeamSeas, Coca-cola, etc
52:48 - Chapter 3c – The Clinton Foundation
57:02 - Chapter 4 – Manufacturing Capitalist Mythology
01:09:25 - Chapter 5 – Capitalist Ideology

#mrbeast #teamseas #billgates #billclinton #cocacola

Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018

Or send me a one-off tip of any amount & help me make more videos:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...

Follow me on:

Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow
Instagram:   / thethenandnow  
Twitter:   / lewlewwaller  

Subscribe to the podcast:

https://pod.link/1499254204

Sources:

Andrew Carnegie, David Nasaw

Roland Barthes, Mythologies

Linsey McGoey, No Such Thing As A Free Gift

Michael Sandel, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of the Market.

Heale, M. J. “The Role of the Frontier in Jacksonian Politics: David Crockett and the Myth of the Self-Made Man.” The Western Historical Quarterly

SHARON KETTERING, GIFT-GIVING AND PATRONAGE IN EARLY MODERN FRANCE

Stasja Koot & Robert Fletcher (2019): Popular Philanthrocapitalism? The Potential and Pitfalls of Online Empowerment in “Free” Nature 2.0 Initiatives, Environmental Communication

Anand Giridharadas, Winners Take All

David B. Sachsman and David W. Bulla, ed., Sensationalism: Murder, Mayhem, Mudslinging, Scandals, and Disasters in 19th-Century Reporting

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018...

https://metro.co.uk/2022/02/10/domino...

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/bu...

https://apnews.com/article/entertainm...

https://www.witn.com/2021/11/07/beast...

https://tcbmag.com/restaurants-sue-ho...

https://www.foodmanufacturing.com/sup...

https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

https://www.reuters.com/business/sust...

https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/229...

Marianne Bertrand, Matilde Bombardini, Raymond Fisman, Brad Hackinen, Francesco Trebbi, Hall of Mirrors: Corporate Philanthropy and Strategic Advocacy, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 136

https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

Bishop, Matthew. “Philanthrocapitalism: Solving Public Problems through Private Means.” Social Research,

http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danponte...

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m...

Credits:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..., Bernard Lambert, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..., Jon Radoff

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
Nomadtales

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
ABBE_PIERRE-24x30-1999.jpg: Studio Harcourtderivative work: Manu