It isn't as popular as it should be. Hollow pop culture is a disease. Especially when weird pop culture cult figures shovel their cult followers into genocidal/imperial politics with political endorsements, that's the one that really gets me. People die.

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

TL;DR Letting celebrities of any stature dictate your direction in life/morals is fucking weird.

I'm a T-Swizzle fan. Her song lyrics "Anti-Hero" legit spoke to me on a weirdly personal level.

I still think that the worship of her is bizarre. When she publicly endorsed Biden/Harris, it was cool in a "Oh hey, this person that I like is on the correct side of history" kinda way. But the people who suddenly registered to vote because of it? That gave me a really weird/gross feeling.

Pretty much anyone who makes large (possibly life altering) decisions based off what a celebrity does gives me SUCH weird vibes. Its, for lack of a better word, cult-adjacent. And that phenomenon is a small part of why I'm so staunchly pro-public education.

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That was not the correct side of history. The entire bipartisan political establishment in the U.S. is on the wrong side of history. That was my point. This political system is the center of a genocidal global empire and media figures and celebrities buy into fame in exchange for socially normalizing it to their followers.

[–] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

More than half of the things I see about Taylor is people hating on her. If you really think she doesn't deserve attention, don't give her attention??

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I am not giving her attention as an artist. I am describing the problem with pop culture figures enabling genocide and imperialism, and her actions doing so. It's nonsense to say that if you have an ethical problem with what someone is doing, you shouldn't talk about them - I could name a thousand politicians you'd never apply that logic to.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

This has never not been a thing. Like people got so pumped for Franz Lizt playing the bugs bunny song in concert that it was literally classified as an illness.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

At what level of fame do you believe a person loses the right to state their political opinion? Local TV star? Mid-range touring band leader? Or do they need to reach a certain social media following before their political opinions shouldn't be heard?

[–] dx1@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think I was very clear when I said the problem is HARMFUL political ideologies being promoted. "Genocidal, imperial politics" was the term I used.

https://www.dw.com/en/hitlers-chosen-artists-walked-fine-line-between-art-and-politics/a-1051153