Comment on Taylor Swift among 141 new billionaires in ‘amazing year for rich people’
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 months agoIt’s the messaging. She has a ridiculous amount of fame, and uses that spotlight to encourage others to do good - and her fans do listen.
Most billionaires live that unfathomably selfish lifestyle while overtly giving society the finger.
Don’t get me wrong - that whole spectrum is a subset of evil, but even it has its degrees of better vs worse.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 months ago
She just says nice things? That’s it? I’m completely ignorant on celebrities or pop music. I find that WP has a page on the “Political impact of Taylor Swift”
It sounds she is no different from a corporation putting a rainbow flag to their logo for pride month. I mean, it’s something. One shouldn’t be too cynical. But it’s also kinda normal.
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
She donated quite a lot:
billboard.com/…/100k-donation-chiefs-parade-shoot…
Now to be completely honest, with all her insane wealth, the amount she gives is proportionally very very little. But at least she does something, I guess?
Not that I’m defending the multi-billionaire.
LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 5 months ago
saying “not that I’m defending a billionaire” while defending a billion doesn’t make you not defend them. she didn’t just donate very very little. she donates almost nothing of her wealth every time regardless of whether it’s a single person or the whole cause. she donates enough to make the news and no more.
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yup, that’s pretty much it, that’s how low the bar is for other billionaires. That’s all it takes to make her “the best of a very bad bunch”