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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] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Grosses, right? Do I need to wade into the article to find out where the math errors and artistic license are on reporting the income for someone I don't know, will never know, and don't much care about?

She sings well. She presents as a decent person. She's making a lot of money providing a non-essential service people are dumping loads of discretionary spending on, and ancillary businesses in her touring path feel some osmotic benefit.

Cool.

Can we prioritize the Galen Westons and Trumps of the world for our hate and scorn? They seem to be doing far worse on a smaller scale that needs to be smaller still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Can we prioritize the Galen Westons and Trumps of the world

I don't know the first person but I assume they're a rich POS. In which case, yes, we're already prioritizing them. So much so that comment sections like this are full of apologia when it's anyone who isn't a piece of shit