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Taylor Swift earns in ONE show what you earn in 283 YEARS (www.thecanary.co)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

There are hundreds of famous billionaires. Why the focus on her?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Strong public perception. Swift is often portrayed as a front runner of liberated women and modern (however-manyth wave) feminism as well as "woke" (I really hate that word) lifestyle aka pluralistic and aware of socioeconomic issues, which certain people don't like. At the same time Swift was cited as one of the "worst" private jet owners for having taken the highest number of private flights in a certain group and timeframe (citation gravely needed). She is easy to attack due to the (supposedly) high moral standard people attribute to her image. Probably comparable to Gates in this regard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Feminism has been weaponized today and it's very entertaining to see it play out. :)

Everyone is being turned against eachother and these celebrities are just branded in a specific way to make them likeable to the majority.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Deny. Defend. Depose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Immmhotep. Immmhotep. Immmhotep.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why focus on defending her?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why not focus on people who are actually hurting real people?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

We are. Taylor Swift and the like account for a tiny fraction of billionaire hate. Say what you mean, which apparently is "why ever criticize someone I like?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Asking for the focus to be elsewhere is defending. "Don't look at this bad thing" is not a neutral statement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't give a fuck about Taylor.

But if you put a billionaire oil baron, a billionaire healthcare exec, a billionaire drug manufacturer, and pop star in a room - you telling me the Pop Star has the same blood on her hands as all the others?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

No one is arguing with that. Just with the implication that we cannot complain about anyone but the worst culprit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Where have I defended her? I'm just pointing out something that seems odd to me