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[-] orvorn@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 hours ago

I don't see Taylor Swift as any different from any other billionaire. It is not possible to accrue that much wealth on your own merit. She didn't get there through album sales, she got there through hoarding real estate and becoming a landlord, and investing heavily in the corporations that have ruined our lives.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social -3 points 4 hours ago

She literally sang songs, people liked them, and each of those people individually decided to pay money for the songs, and some of it went to her. She has this large wealth because she directly created what was going to create the enjoyment on the behalf of that large a number of people. Almost every other billionaire is there because they were able to set up an empire where someone else's hard work and talent went into their pocket instead, but hers is different.

I get it if you want to say that the system should change so that everyone involved in the physical intermediate steps of the process should also get a thriving wage, even if she gets less, and yes that is definitely accurate. But saying "she's a bad person" as a result and in particular that you don't see her as "any different" from Elon Musk or Larry Ellison is just living in a big virtue-signaling fantasy world.

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