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You know what? Compared to the vapid, condescending and outright dangerous shit he's done for videos, this is kind of ok? Exposing all of these children who would be very unlikely to be interested in egyptology otherwise to ancient Egypt, the same way many of us got exposed to it through weird Egypt documentaries in the 90s and 2000s, is not that evil.
I hate that this guy has been given what seems like infinity money, and that he uses that money to gain abusive access to archeological sites, but at its core I think it's not that terrible?
Inb4 some article or expose about how his crew destroyed some 5000 year old artifact trying to get a good angle or some shit like that, and I'll have to eat my words.
His expression in these looks like he has some kind of soul too, he could legitimately do a lot of good for the youth. It would be the most fascinating transition if he became a genuinely alright guy just talking about interesting stuff now that he probably has more money than anyone would ever need.
Lets not white wash billionaires, BUT if they have to exist under capitalism, Id rather they mess around with fun stuff than usher in the Machine Apocalypse