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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 138 points 2 weeks ago

Three of those billionaires made their fortunes by stealing other's work and exploiting other's labor. I might dislike Taylor Swift's music but it is her music and her work that made her a billionaire. When someone stole her work from under her, she re-recorded it from scratch and then put on the most profitable tour in history with each show being 3+ hours long.

I'm not a Swifty, but I also don't think she qualifies to join that evil as fuck trio.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 74 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Hey look everyone! This person's a billionaire apologist!

I'm (mostly) joking.
You are correct that she is not on the aame level as the others but as a billionaire and member of the ruling class T-Swizzle has an elevated responsibility to the rest of the world. Instead of helping she continues her massive destruction of the climate.

Until she is leveraging her wealth to make positive change she does not get a pass.

Oh and buying carbon offsets doesn't count.

[-] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 weeks ago

I quantify it as: Taylor might not deserve the guillotine, the rest inarguably do.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not a fan of hers but they are still correct that she's not nearly on the same level as the others.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Hey look everyone! This person’s a billionaire apologist!

What do you expect from somebody who uses a corporate logo (of a Texas gas station, no less) as their avatar pic?

(I'm (kinda) joking.)

[-] Wade@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

TBF Buc-ee's is one of the most employee and consumer friendly chains across the US. They publicly post their pay (this image is from last year) and it's far above what most gas stations (or even retail stores) will pay

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[-] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

I have avatars turned off.
But nice. lol

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[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Okay but it's not a 1 woman show. She has likely hundreds of people employed she would not have succeeded without, yet she's about 1b richer than those combined

[-] Tobberone@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

She is known for giving these people bonuses that surpass anything I've heard about outside corpo management, though. The occasion that made the press mention 100k USD for truckdrivers for one tour and while I dont know how much a truck driver makes a year, it'd sure make my life easier for a couple of years.

Not saying she isn't good at making money, but I'd say the jury is still out on the issue of hoarding all of it for herself.

[-] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 2 weeks ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Taylor Swift not like the offer from RCA so her daddy bought a record company?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

Nah daddy already owned a minor stake in one, like 5%.

Her parents were rich but not billionaire rich.

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Of all the things to be wealthy for, making music and brining people a little bit of joy ain't bad. Don't condone the jet or the lifestyle. But I don't think it's fair to lump her in with exon and zuk

[-] vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The men in the picture are the top 3 of the latest forbes list, Tylor Swift is not in the top 2,500.

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I'm not a fan of her private jet shenanigans or her music, but the other 3 also use private jets like it's going out of style, and are nowhere close to her when it comes to societal impact. If you wanted a 4th you can use one of our own billionaires from the old continent like Bernard Arnault (who is allegedly pals with Musk)

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[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 109 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not going to argue that Taylor Swift doesn't deserve to be on the billionaire list somewhere, but if you were only going to include 4, why would she make the cut?

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago

Insofar as Swifties need to be reminded from time to time that their favorite billionaire is still a billionaire, with all the problems that entails, I support reminding them, but Swift being put up as some major public enemy lately is weird.

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[-] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 60 points 2 weeks ago

Where Rupert Murdoch? I'd put him as even worse than Bezos.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Musk, Bezos and Zuck are just the most visible ones but by no means the worst.

[-] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 11 points 2 weeks ago

It depends on where you are, of course. Here in the UK, the Murdoch press is a massive influence.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

No doubt. Some hypothesize that Vladimir Putin is the actual richest man in the world. Possibly even a trillionaire. He's definitely the worst of the radical rich.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Indeed. The Saudi royal family also ranks pretty high up there.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Alice Walton has more DUI's than one can count. Killed someone, another time drove into a ravine. Net worth: 71 billion.

She could pay a new person $50,000 for an 8 hour shift of driving her around for every living moment, and it wouldnt dent her money. Could have a "house for a ride" program where if you give her a ride she buys you a house. 10 rides that day? She'd still make money.

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[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

Koch family deserves to be on here too.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

I get that tswift is a billionaire, but she doesn't belong in this meme.

Quit trying to equate her to the oligarchs. She hasn't demonstrated any of those tendencies.

[-] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Nobody should be a billionaire. There is no labor that can be done to become a billionaire ethically.

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[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

Replace Swift with Putin and I'm back on board.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago

"no no, my billionaire is fine. They are really different i promise"

[-] Burninator05@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

She isn't "my" billionaire as I don't consume any of her content or really give a shit about her one way or the other but she does feel like a weird addition to the list.

Her tag seems to boil down to her private plane usage but is it really all that more than any other person in her income bracket? There are also a bunch of other billionaires listed by others that do a lot worse. He'll, even the other three listed are having greater environmental impact because of their company's pushes into AI and the data center requirements of those.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

it's not about who she is. it's ridiculous to have her in this group. her plane is doing damage but it's nothing compared to multinational companies that do whatever the fuck they want with your air, land and water.

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[-] Unknown1234_5@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

You can't abolish wealth, it's practically impossible. Instead, close the loopholes that make them that rich.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Nobody wants to abolish wealth. We want to abolish people hoarding it away from others who lack basic needs.

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[-] Travelator@thelemmy.club 9 points 2 weeks ago

Shoot them into the sun on a billionaire's space rocket!

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