Why Africa Needs Mr. Beast

Why does Africa need Mr. Beast to build wells and bridges?
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[@tannerdoberenz2992]

Very well put. I was a missionary in Malawi and Uganda, and the worst thing that someone could do was come in, give people cash, and leave. Because you have to teach the man to fish, you can’t just give him a fish.

[@mikitz]

In Somalia, by contrast, teaching people how to fish wasn't such a great idea in the long run.

[@thomasbardoux1692]

First and foremost, the man must be ready to learn how to fish

[@whatname4613]

​@@mikitzwhat about in Afghanistan and Iraq?

[@nooneshome8746]

Catch the fish and exchange it fir money

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Maybe Mr. Beast should help out his fellow American, who is struggling paycheck to paycheck/homeless. Just a thought..

[@vahagnmkhitaryan9909]

The answer is actually simpler: the peoples of Korea and other Asian tigers have experience in public administration, and despite the traumatic period of history, they adapt and move on. Most (but not all) nations and tribes in Africa do not have traditions and experience in building a functioning state, they do not get along even within the same country. For example, Ethiopia, Mali and Sudan are doing comparatively better.

[@LibLibertyLibertarian]

it's culture. the africans all want some level of socialism, so to the countries of South America. This concept destroys wealth.

[@elduquecaradura1468]

That has nothing to do, from ww2 to today first half of south korean and taiwanese societies were ruled by dictatures and were poor. They started doing great by changing their public system and being more free with the society and economy, this doesn't happen in most african countries, and those who barely tryied to do the right things had become for a time an example for their neighborgs... until they screwed it up

[@kyleerasmus7179]

Perspective is a valuable thing. Unfortunately here in Africa, we've lost the notion, we pay our taxes, and promises are made by our governments, ngos, charities.... and most of the changes are for the worse. Mr beast coming to Africa raised awareness of the situation, which i believe is more valuable than the wells he built

[@JosephBallard-fs9py]

Very well worded sir 👍

[@briannicholas2757]

If a man is hungry, give him a fish, if he is still hungry teach him to fish.

[@a15thcenturysuitofgothicarmor]

Because they haven't been taught to help themselves. Also a very low trust society. We give then a bunch of free stuff, why would they change?

[@FurankieSama]

Corruption, bro. Corruption. Most Africans don't get a dime of the money given to them via foreign aid

[@FurankieSama]

Lack of adequate education, nepotism (I repeat, nepotism) religious brainwashing, corruption down to the gas station

[@vaughnreedjr6592]

West steal from Africa not is free.

[@user-qx8tr8ut1i]

that was a bit of a mean way to put it but youre right

[@wazzup233]

Africa is being Africa. Their continent is still a Stone Age civilization so that's why their the poorest in the world.

[@Rockstar-bq5fm]

Always enjoy these videos. Nice little informative bites

[@Juror63]

A PERFECT example of what happens when government becomes to big.

[@TheGemar14]

Isn't a government that relies on foreign aid the very opposite of a big government?

[@gilbertonogueira3481]

This video should be played in the next UN or WEF meetings

[@joshuaracey7967]

Has anyone else read the book "When Helping Hurts"? It's extremely enlightening in these areas. Help can look very different depending on the need, but Westerners with the best of intentions often simplify it down to giving money or sending a swarm untrained teenagers on a "mission trip" without technical or cross-cultural training.

[@walthill7091]

I live in Virginia and like your videos.keep. It coming

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Absolutely on point.

[@jacobhuff3748]

South Korea & Taiwan post WW2 & Chinese civil war handled decolonization differently from African nations. While they did have a military dictatorship, the focus of leadership was first focused on economic development. This was a hangover of Japanese occupation & necessity of a political situation born from either losing a civil war or being divided between the 1st & 2nd world. African nations experiences were dependent on who colonized them with the French never truly letting go of its former empire(google Françafrique) unfortunately a combination of ethnic tensions, Dictatorships that had half baked ideas on economic development, hangovers from Colonialism & more contributed to lack luster development. It's rarely just one thing that is responsible for such deprivation.

[@harrisonfine]

wow well said

[@cataphracts123]

Building infrastructure and teaching people how to use it is helpful on small scales, and it does increase wealth overtime better than lump sum donations. Part of it is culture where people use the extra resources and medical help to have very large families which is a drain on private funds. In general Africa hasn't found a way to do industrial farming or anything beyond resource extraction for a long time, and this is geographically caused. Most of Africa also doesn't have usable regions for trade ports and harbors, so international/regional trade is difficult. Places that do have good ports and rivers like Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa have been known to be quite wealthy.

[@JeffD63]

Yes

[@redburtley6021]

This is why I believe everyone should mind their business. Sure, some people will be hurt. But on a wider scale, it would be better if everyone (charities, gov't, people, etc.) minded their own business.

[@overtonpendulum2071]

You left out a HUGE theory about why is Africa poor.

[@karl-rickbizoza2029]

Couldn’t have said it better

[@unvaxxeddoomerlife6788]

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

[@mikitz]

Alongside the poor geography and logistics, small businesses can't thrive for the simple reason that you can't compete with free stuff. This means that even if they wanted to open a business, charity and corruption make any real enterprise hopeless and destined to fail.

[@GabrielVitor-kq6uj]

As a wise man once told me: "If you give a starving guy some fish he will be fed allright, but he will keep coming to you again and again. If you teach him how to fish... then he will feed himself ever after."

[@elduquecaradura1468]

That reminds me a case that happened in Ghana years ago that people started developing graphic design habilities and small companies, wich although might sound weird, it is a good source of jobs and can help others with brand images. Thing is this started happening and suddenly a massive group of german graphic designers decided to do that job for ghanese for free in the name of "charity" they did that like for acouple of months before it become economically unpractical, destroying the whole generstion of ghanese graphic designers that was being born, and flrcing regular ghanese to depend on foreign GH like the german ones. Sometimes I feel that "charity" is just an euphenism to destroy a borning self economy in any african country to keep a lot of depending people, like Nestle does by giving lactating mothers milk for their children so in the future will depend on them because they wasted their capability of feeding their babies themselves

[@theMickPolitik]

When you say, "full-blown philanthropist," my mind immediately goes to Charlie in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

[@alfonsoc.950]

One factory providing stable jobs and decent salaries makes more good than 10 well-intentioned campaigns.

[@whatname4613]

Giving financial aid isn't the best form of aid as the help is mostly distributed among the leaders. In fact the West us hurting Africa more by doing so because it creates a wider gap between the haves and the have nots. And on top of that the donors have ulterior motives when providing aid and look for something in return.

[@TwilightMysts]

I wonder if part of the problem is the culture of these different locations. What I mean by that is they are opposed to new ways of doing things. I'll use homes as an example. If your traditional method of building a house means you can construct a house at a rate of 1 square foot per hour, but modern methods can construct at a rate of 20 square feet per hour. The houses are equivalent, but modern methods are 20 times more efficient. If you are unwilling to adopt the new methods, you are sacrificing a massive boost in economic productivity. If these cultures are attached to their traditional methods and systems, and unwilling to change, it could be a significant impact to their productivity and standard of living. I am not saying one way or the other is better, just considering an additional cause for why those countries are so poor.

[@yewo.m]

Which types of houses are you referring to? The mud huts? (I'm asking seriously, BTW. I'm from Malawi myself)

[@thomasbardoux1692]

You are entirely correct. Not only for building, but for every step of society's organisation. A common issue in Africa for exemple is a lack of forethought. If something grant immediate benefits and profits, people will typically use it immediately rather than prepare for the future.

[@Brosowski]

That is what China is doing. China is building highways and other infrastructure and leasing it to African countries. Not only is that giving China power, but Africa is just another colony of a country that does care at all about them except for money.

[@tonyfriendly4409]

The Belt and Road has been a disaster for China.

[@Brosowski]

@@tonyfriendly4409 Is that what it is called? I never knew what it was called but that sounds familiar. Also, is it a disaster? I don't know everything about it so if you could explain a little that would be great.

[@williambilyeu9801]

While with mostly self-reliance, I believe providing wells with clean water for children is a good thing. Also, charitable health care is a good thing. However, do not let them become dependent on charity.

[@tonyfriendly4409]

@@Brosowski The Chinese offer to lend a country's government money to fund an infrastructure project, say a port. The agreement is that Chinese construction companies will do the work, and if the country can't make the payments. China seizes the port. Sounds like a win-win for China, they get soft power over other countries, those countries can more easily feed China resources, and China can more easily sell it's products. Only, the CCP is way overleveraged in debt for these projects, many of the countries are failing to make the payments, the projects aren't worth the price China has paid to build them. China will never see a return on those investments, debt is crushing them as it is, and their deflation crisis means that their debt is only getting worse as the Chinese economy is collapsing.

[@ShawtonS]

@@Brosowski China built all of these things with very high interest loans and little to no regulations. But now all of these countries can't pay back their debt.

[@patrobbromccreanor820]

Bob Geldorf did a good thing when there were 8 million starving, he got the group together for feed the world and don't they know it's christmas ,before long there were 38 milion starving in Africa.

[@boulderbash19700209]

Magatte Wade is really making rounds lately.

[@jeremywheeler2122]

I would contend that America faces many of the same problems. We just borrow enough money to not have to face them. Eventually our credit will run out though.😊

[@TomJonesGearGuy]

Many times, it is not the giving but the length of the giving, too much, too long undermines a counties economic base. Why buy a pair of shoes from someone when they are giving them away for free.

[@panashejmombeshora4021]

We got $1.5 trillion in aid. That's true. But don't forget the part where Western businesses in Africa took out $3 trillion in business revenues during the same time

[@unvaxxeddoomerlife6788]

You should be more worried about what China will do with Africa. They will not be as kind as the West.

[@panashejmombeshora4021]

​@@unvaxxeddoomerlife6788 Look, the kindness that you see coming from the average person in the West to Africans does not exist at any of your governments. Just because Americans for example, are ready to fund African businesses, buy our products at times to uplift us and give us scholarships in your schools, it does not mean your governments would do the same for us. If you don't mind take time to listen to real analysts from Africa (not Fake News Network, Fox, more like Snake, MS-Scam-BC, BBC) and understand what they have to say about the West vs China argument, because, if I try to explain myself in the comments section, I would end up writing a book, like I almost did before I deleted my three comments for a more favourable and short response. I'll just give you one thing to consider - why is it that with less debt from China, we have managed to build crucial infrastructure in every country in Africa, and with all the money we got from the West for all the 60 years of independence, we still are struggling in the same way we did in the previous century? Is it because China still needs more time to drown us in debt, and the US forgot about the Marshall Aid plan (how the US single-handedly rebuilt Europe to what it is today with only $17 billion) or, the US hasn't forgotten about their Marshall Aid plan and all their debt and 'donations' to Africa are actually predatory and China is actually a good partner for Africa?

[@ctreid87]

Beard Wednesday!

[@1wun1]

This video is well intended but full of ignorance. Foreign aid is the opposite of sanctions, it has nothing to do with people. And very few countries will ever have the geopolitical importance of South Korea, meaning that the investment can't be the same.

[@KnownNiche1999]

BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Local White Man comes to Africa and fixes everything! _Again_

[@thinadlamini4671]

You will get cry babies who will say that Africa doesn't need Mr Beast to help them fix their problems. 1:13 As a African myself i ask myself the same question everytime a person blames colonialism for their own failures.

[@luigi64gamer19]

As an African we don't need Mr beast

[@snailswrath]

I've thought about the effects of having a classical liberal post industrial model being crowbarred into developing countries. In the west, innovation grew alongside culture(values), institutions and the economy over centuries. One can't send a refrigerator to a mud hut in central Africa and claim you helped them, because there's not an electrical grid. To continue with the analogy, I feel that the west often send Africa refrigerators without ensuring the supporting systems in place. And if I may keep rambling... We have the idea that Africans, needs to be liberated and embrace their new(our) way of life. Do they want to be "liberated"? Maybe they, like the Afghans, reject classical liberal ideals in favor of their own. The Talibans reinstated their pre-american culture after 2 decades, almost over night, with nearly no blood shed at all, one can therefore guess that it was what most people wanted. There are ways to be happy living primitive lives, and maybe more so than many of us in the west. But historically, weaker and scattered cultures didn't fare well, so maybe they have no choice but to develop.

[@1wun1]

Good points, but Africa is too huge and diversified for one answer to fit everyone. And generally most African governments are actually modernizing their countries although it takes time.

[@seanthebaptist7688]

Mr. Beast is doing bad. Matthew 6:1-4 KJV [1] Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. [2] Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. [3] But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: [4] That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

[@JohnMurphy-dw6ml]

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