VICE Culture Club

Oobah Butler is an international prankster/hoaxter/journalist/filmmaker.   He is known for his outlandish schemes that expose the nonsense of our modern society.  He has created many videos and schemes with vice in the past.  Most recently he took on Amazon.  Now he is putting out a documentary where he turns his sights on the money making, greedy, get rich quick schemes.   He puts aside his usual morals to attempt to make $1 million in 90 days.  Spoiler, he pulls it off.   He goes through several schemes.  Bank loans, asking for money outright, crypto, selling courses, selling outrage, child sweat shops, eventually selling himself and exposing in the end the tax free loop hole that many powerful people in America use known as "buy, borrow, die".    He also reflects in this interview on what it means to "Punch up" as a prankster.   He talks about pranks that didn't work out, how this all started, and why it's important to grab people's attention.

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