• catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    What’s really important is that it’s impossible not to be a bad person and a billionaire. I like her music but being a billionaire means that she is an enemy of society. Period

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      10 months ago

      what makes you think it’s impossible? it seems unlikely but I wouldn’t say impossible

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        10 months ago

        There’s no moral reason to have that much money. If you earned $2500 a day (about a million dollars a year) it would take you just under 1200 years to earn a billion dollars. I personally believe you should earn more if you work harder than others but there’s simply no way anyone could work hard enough to deserve more than anyone should make in 15 lifetimes. If you are lucky enough to get that amount of money there’s no moral reason to keep it all.

        Now think about how Bezos is worth 192.4 billion dollars. Hopefully that helps folks understand the problem. And by problem, I mean the largest threat we are facing to human existence. Every other issue we’re having stems from the fact that billionaires exist.

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        Say you work on a team with, say 50 people. Everyone works hard to generate money, but you’re the star of the show, so naturally you get to keep a little more of that money than everyone else. The question is, how much? Is it morally questionable to make double what everyone else does? What about 10x? What if you keep half for yourself, meaning those 49 other people combined make the same as you? Not enough? What about 100x as much as everyone else? 1000x?

        Taylor Swift’s salary is about 1,700x the average in the music industry. People on her team are likely struggling to make ends meet or pay for hospital bills or support a family. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift is hoarding money like a fucking dragon.

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          It’s not really a problem that can be solved though. Should Taylor Swift’s team earn 2x more than Kanye’s? They possibly already earn above average what one usually would by supporting someone else.

          She is obviously not going to refuse what people are willing to pay for her. Earnings for world famous musicians and actors always has and will be ridiculous.

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            10 months ago

            The problem can be solved through progressive tax reform. Check it out:

            The tax rate on the ultra-wealthy has decreased tremendously since the 70s. By making billionaires pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes, we can make huge improvements to wealth inequality and fund social programs that help people who need it most.

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        10 months ago

        A good person would never make it to a net worth of a billion dollars though. A good person would give away 999,999,000 to charity, for example.

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        10 months ago

        Nobody that has exploited and hoarded billions of dollars from society for their personal benefit are good people.

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        Looking at your comments I can see you’re just a troll but if actual humans are reading this: there are exactly zero moral billionaires. It is not possible to be a billionaire and be a good person at the same time. You do not have to know what’s in their heart or whatever the fuck this idiot is trying to say. You can’t earn that kind of money without hurting and exploiting people and if you keep that amount of money you are actively harming society. End of story.

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          10 months ago

          Not really true at all. Judgemental people like you are the reason we cant progress as a species.

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      10 months ago

      Her impact on the economy now has its own government agency.

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    I couldn’t name nor recognize a single song from either of them. Shit, I need to improve my mainstream media knowledge.

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      I wish I couldn’t, I needa stop listening to the radio, haha for the occasional song I enjoy on there, theres so many that are like torture

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        Too late.l, I used the last 5 minutes to do it already. :)

        I knew several Taylor Swift songs from the radio, but didn’t think more of them but “the usual generic pop music” that normally leads to me changing the station immediatly (I expected this). I don’t think I will recognize her the next time I hear her.

        I also knew some Kanye West songs and I even liked some of them (I honestly didn’t expect this). I somehow don’t want to like his music though, saw too much about him on Twitter and here).

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          Kanye had an absolutely killer music career before he went off the rails

          He may have always been a little crazy but the man can write a song, I gotta hand him that, no matter what I think of his personal or political life

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    10 months ago

    Wow, now Taylor Swift fans are going mask-off racist. Not only are they simping for a billionaire like a Musk fan, but they’re alluding to going back to the good old days of slavery like Musk’s dad.