• Orbituary@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Absolutely came here to say this. There are no ethical, innocent, or good billionaires. None. You cannot make that much money without disregarding or hurting people.

    We need to stop blocking for and idolizing these fucks.

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      3 months ago

      Billionaire evil is a sliding scale from normal rich guy evil to comic book villain evil. He’s less bad than his peers, even if the stuff he does (like the cost plus drugs thing) are maybe just for PR.

      We eat him later than others. But we do eat him.

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        3 months ago

        You think she’s ethical, innocent, or good? Yikes. She works hard to present a non-offensive to either side persona, that doesn’t make her ethical, innocent, or good.

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          3 months ago

          Sounds like you think all people are terrible. What a sad way to go through life. I feel sorry for you

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              3 months ago

              Wow a random blogger has an opinion? You automatically win the argument, congrats.

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                3 months ago

                There was more than one link in my comment. Also, that’s just a sampling of the search results; you’re sure to find more compelling stuff out there if you put more effort into looking than I did.

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                  3 months ago

                  #1 and #3 are random blogs. #2 is a student publication so barely one notch above “random blogger”, but anyway if the best criticism one can levy at Swift is her use of a private plane, she must be more ethical than I thought. Can you imagine the clusterfuck if she traveled commercial? Airports are already a disaster as it is, without being bottlenecked by paparazzi and screeching elder millennial wine moms. She’s doing us all a public service by avoiding that situation.

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                    3 months ago

                    Of course the best criticism you see is her use of a private plane, you’ve summarily discounted everything else as “random blogs” and don’t seem to be bothered by that level of wealth being inherently and inevitably unethical lol

                    I’ve already spent more time in this thread than I care for, you’re clearly motivated against changing your mind, but you’re welcome to actually look into her in any detail yourself if you want to learn something.

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                    I will always fight this “think about the poor airports!” bullshit. There are hundreds and thousands of famous people that fly without causing the apocalypse. You should be asking yourself why are people being manipulated and their emotions extorted that they have to swoon over Swift. This shit doesn’t come out of a bubble, it’s a planned hype-up to produce sales. Any sane person seeing people actually lose their shit over their presence should be concerned for the impact they’re causing. None of this is sane or normal human behavior, idol worship is dangerous and causes extremism (link). It’s funny that celebrities are “so connected” with their fans through social media but instead you get a fancy poster that’s talking directly to you! Not a real human being who can be a piece of shit at times like the rest of us, not allowed to see the actual person behind the veil.

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                    3 months ago

                    Why are you blocking for billionaires? Ask yourself this along with asking yourself how it helps you to do so. Swift is no different to Bezos or Cuban. They just have different PR.

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                3 months ago

                You cant say shes a “good” billionaire and then dismiss it as everyone is imperfect.

                Look i like swift and i believe its possible for there to be a “good” billionaire but swift is definitely not it

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                3 months ago

                Yep as expected you’re just trolling. What a sad way to go through life. I feel sorry for you

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                  3 months ago

                  Lol I don’t even think they’re being a troll. I think they think they’ll gain something from licking billionaire ass.

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                  Ah, everyone who disagrees with you is a troll. Nice reductive way to simplify your meager existence