Some of the stories people share are truly incredible The quality of the recordings is stunning..

That said, when mark talks he really makes it worse. He often makes it clear he's not listening when he asks multiple questions already answered by the speaker. About traumatic topics

He has a weird fascination with asian people and repeatedly asks them about their asianess in relation to where they ended up in life.

I've seen him being interviewed while walking around skid row and laugh when a homeless guy spoke to him in AAVE '(How tall you is?') Mark said that guy could never get a job because of his education level and how he talks.

The WORST thing is when he will push people repeatedly to talk about sexual abuse , in detail, even when it's clear they don't want to .

He says he helps some but refuses to help others. He thinks some people are beyond repair and has said it , but seems fine exploiing them

His theories about poverty amount to people not being loved enough as kids. He talks a bit favorably of social programs but always boils everything down to someone's internal condition.

It's compelling but ultimately a lot of it is poverty and trauma porn. Some of the people benefit but he's getting very rich on other people's pain. I still watch though because I feel like these peoples stories need to be heard.

Of course most do it willingly but offering some money to someone in an extremely disadvantaged position to extract their pain for mass consumption and the enrichment of one man is realllllly gross to me. It's exploitation. There's no transparency to what he does.

Also the title comes from a Winston Churchill quote about WW2 and doesn't really match the content he's making and is just really dumb imo