If you watch that whole Diary of a CEO episode she says she's had backlash for it but then totally doubles down on it. Yes working hard, working efficiently is important but like, someone born in poverty could make the most of every opportunity, be incredibly hard working, work smart not hard and follow all of those slogans, and still not make this amount of money!
Ok I accidently wrote a fucking testament. We need to understand that even "self-made" billionares get their money from somewhere, that somewhere being, in part, other rich people and companies and businesses. So even if people like Taylor Swift became rich "through their own music", we have to think where does her money come from, and it's certainly not from the fans alone. Who sponsors Taylor's shows? Who does she hire to manage the festivals and events she attends to? Who produces her albums, who works at the record labels, who builds the microphones she uses, her instruments, who manages her public image and propaganda, who works selling her products, in the transportation of her whole team? All these people are responsible for her wealth aswell. No billionaire is self made. That's an illusion. Look at her shows here in Brasil, as an example. Her team hired a company called Tickets 4 Fun to manage her presentations, a company that has accusations of using slave labour in the organization of Lollapalooza, and that's not even the worst part. A fan died during the show in the Estádio Milton Santos, in Rio de Janeiro, because of the way that T4F organized the whole thing, and other 1000 people passed out. Y'all wanna know what was Taylor's words on that? None. She didn't talk about it. Not even the name of the fan who died, not even a homage, nothing. She and T4F didn't even pay for the transporting of the fan's body, other fans did it. Please, research it. And all that just happened in the name of profit. Taylor profited from these shows, Tickets 4 Fun did aswell. So don't come saying that Taylor is a "different" billionaire. And don't get me wrong, I love her music, I was a really huge fan, trully, but we have to understand that, in the capitalist system, there are no "good billionaires" and Taylor profits from the work (and death) of others the same way that other billionaires do. But ya know, gonna keep listening to her music lol. Srry for the huge text, and great video aswell! Really liked it :)
Ahhh preach!! Yes yes yesss that's one of the big points I wanted to get across like 'self made' is BS, you're either born super rich in which case your relatives exploited people or you exploit people yourself enough to earn this much money arrghh
Another good example of this is Rihanna. Fenty is co-owned by LVMH. LVMH is in the top 3 of the richest men of the world and it is a known fact he is not ethical. We have to remember that a lot of, if not most, celebrities / influencers / etc 's business start with the involvement of a big company. The latter is often the one that pitch the products idea to the celebrity. (I am at the beginning of the video so maybe all of this is already mentioned)
Yep Rihanna, and Beyonce, are both such good examples because everyone looks to them as these powerful feminist empowering figures when really they're benefiting from exploitative supply chains that are hurting women 🙃
She did acknowledge the fan who died. And she can’t manage all areas of her career. She seem like a literal robot when it come to productivity, but it’s still too much for one person. And as far as using the bad instutiibs in place currently… should she change them if so , how? Not hating on ur comment. Just playing devils advocate. It helps us be our best critical thinking selves.
Nobody becomes a millionaire by being ethical. Especially in the world of fashion and it has been like that even centuries ago. I recommend reading Emil Zola's Ladies Paradise
Nah that’s false. It’s not that hard to become a millionaire. You could become a millionaire by starting an animal rescue sanctuary and making a youtube channel for it. There are plenty of ways to become a millionaire 100% ethically. Billionaire on the other hand is a different story. You absolutely can NOT become a *billionaire* by being ethical. But millionaire definitely
There are 100% ethical ways to be a millionaire, there is a huge difference between a millionaire and a billionaire. Millionaires are sometimes just people who got lucky and managed to strike gold in industries like acting, music, etc.
@@ForrestMccroy you think becoming a millionaire by starting an animal rescue sanctuary and making a RUclips channel for it is ethical? lol you're lost and clueless.
Taylor donated 1 million to a foundation to support tornado victims in Tennessee. While I think it is admirable, 1 million is a drop in the mf bucket of her being a billionaire. It’s performative at best and tactical at worse (considering it is one of the many places she grew up it’s no surprise she would help) but if I recall she made no donations to the Maui fires, or even to charities beyond ones that she’s “directly” linked to in order to keep the home town girl image up. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) but it all just seems so performative, and the swifties would rather have a brown nose and whole ass face than have critical critiques on something that is cut and dry.
The wealthy receive tax breaks for those donations, too - so they aren't even surrendering the amount they seem to be. And for many of them, it's basically transforming cash into PR and it's worth it. Even Bezos donated 120 million in the wake of a scandal.
1 million is like paying an ad of i am good look i donate 1million and it will generate more good publicity in news, sponsors, fans…and will get 10x or more of that money
Thanks! I do think it would make an interesting video, especially with things like Coldplay planting trees with tickets and adding a bunch of sustainability initiatives to their tour 👀
It's interesting to me as a feminist that feminists leap to defend Swift and idolize her. All criticism of her is dismissed as "misogyny" or "internalized misogyny". While Swift has been targeted by misogyny and the right-wing before, there's more and more evidence of legitimate problems - and those shouldn't be mistaken for sexism. People who are normally good at seeing through unethical systems will defend her despite white feminism, capitalism, and other bad behaviour. It disappoints me to see that many feminists can't shake the celebrity worship of the rich - of Swift and of others, too. Girlboss feminism are parasocial relationships are out of hand.
You don’t need to excuse the evils of a music artist you like just because you like them. I like XXXTENTACION music a lot but I am also against domestic abuse and he was a domestic abuser. You don’t have to pretend an artist is a good person just to like their music it’s ok to enjoy music made by artists who are bad people. Most artists tend to be bad people tbh. John Lennon beat his son.
Right but by paying to listen to their music, buying their merch, going to their concerts, you are supporting them with your money and your approval? What does that signal to them? 'I don't need to change because I still have fans regardless of what kind of person I am'? Also money brings influence - do you want people who are known abusers for example to have more power?
Just google how she gave 0 f***s to the Brazilian fan who died at her concert (which she lied about saying it happened before her concert). The stadium's air vents were blocked so that people outside couldn't see the performance. People were prohibited from bringing in water bottles, forcing them to purchase overpriced water from the venue. At some point, they ran out of water for sale. Many people fainted. In the midst of a heatwave, their primary concern was profit, not everybody's safety. And Taylor's team not only failed to take action to hold the promoters accountable for what happened but also did nothing to assist the girl's family and instead just tried to downplay the whole thing.
This happened after I filmed this but it was all over my feed! I think that's an interesting separate issue about where the responsibility lies but it does tie into this video I think because Taylor has taken on this sort of goddess status which inherently will at some point lead to some negative outcomes. There's just so much more to consider the bigger a fanbase is, just like with a company as it grows and grows and visibility and traceability across everything becomes less and less.
IDK how much of it Swift was responsible for, but the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth. It seemed gross to fake cry over the fan you might've endangered only after a PR nightmare. We are willing to concede that Travis Scott, for instance, was responsible for many concert deaths. But Swift keeps a benign image no matter what.
Is like the snub of celine and afterward the picture of the two together and not saying nothing about….people will always forgive Taylor but i think some people are open their eyes and being more critical
I knew about Ana (very, very sad) and have heard people saying that Taylor + team is adamant that it "happened before her show." Ok... and? The whole event is her show, Ana was there to see Taylor. Right?? I DID NOT know that they had closed the AIR VENTS to prevent outsiders from getting a peek inside. They know that some (most) of those people outside have supported her in any way that they possibly can but it is impossible for them to afford those ridiculous ticket prices so they punish them for being poor and then punish the ticket payers by essentially suffocating them. That is sickening. I may be wrong but I don't remember Ariana scrambling around "the Manchester b0mbing happened AFTER my show!" She seemed genuinely wrecked and devastated and suspended her concert then promised her fans that she would return to Manchester for a Benefit... and she did. Bravely. Less than 2 weeks after the attack and raised several million dollars for the survivors/family and friends of the victims. I 100% understand that these 2 tragedies are hardly comparable. Manchester was a viscous attack of hate + violence where MANY people were harmed/died while Brazil was a tragic but avoidable act of negligence and mother nature but how do you feel about the way the 2 singers responded? While Ana's death is in no way directly Taylor's fault, her making it known that her death was "before her show," gives me an icky feeling. Like maybe she does feel somewhat responsible but can't admit that without admitting the greed of high cost water/making it impossible for outsiders to experience even the tiniest bit of her tour without paying for tickets. I kind of feel like she is deflecting a little bit by changing the timeline because Ana's friend came out and said that Ana started feeling ill during Sabrina's set but actually passed out during Cruel Summer. So, from what I've read Ana died during Taylor's concert because of the negligent company that was hired by Taylor's team. I don't think she should have mentioned when Ana passed in her statement... just how she felt, honor Ana and her family and Brazil, etc. Imo, it comes off as her grasping at any kind of control over the narrative as she can.
She is no different from rich people and now from the category billionaire. And her family was already wealth thats why they took her to nashville and invested in her career…yes she is talent but a lot of people are but do not have the same chances….that and bezos getting a help from his parents is the same…one is a singer other not. If people start paying less for her merchandising because she got a lot of money we will see Taylor really persona pop up “why does the new album not get 1million in first week?” Maybe people can not afford no more, or it will in the 6th week….a lot of artists dont get the same sales because the fans honestly can not afford or are not that obssess and can listen on spotify…if that happen to her we will see a different Taylor because she is obsess in keeping the same track for all the years she is here…and that history already teach us….will not happen. And this is my opinion, not hating, i like her music but not to the extreme like is the best thing in life
You do realize that most songs are written about somebody and there's millions of songs about breakups and old boyfriends and whatnot she's not the first one to do this
$250k is not lot of money for a start up that has became the size if Amazon. Jeff parents were upper middle class and not extremely rich. I dont understand this argument at all. I can find 20 friends and family and can raise 200k and I'm sure I won't be able to create a company with the size of Amazon, Google or whatever other multi billion dollar companies.
She makes the mistake of transfiguring it into a moral issue. You wouldn't make it because the gap in the market is already closed. If there is a gap in the market, someone with good capital and good connections has a better chance of filling it. And once the snowball rolls, it's always difficult to push into it. And as soon as the oligopoly is established, the measly sums are no longer enough.
Yes, because with Swift a lot of people defend her in a way they wouldn't other billionaires - arguing she does no harm, she's a feminist icon, it's empowerment for her to become a billionaire. Her celebrity worship is worth deconstructing.
Its clear that some billionaires have not fullly deserved their wealth. Fair enough! But somethings clearly missing here... That amount of wealth is not a simple bank balance saying 1 billion+... its invested in assets that further boost the economy. Tell yourself this... if all the billionaires sold their companies and all their assets to give to the needy and to charities, this would have a damaging effect to the economy. The value of the dollar would go down, and many companies will be left in the hands of less experienced people creating a net loss for society and even the poor. This notion that they dont deserve it and so they should give it away is so oversimplified, it negates basic ecenomic principles! Have a lovely day everyone
I tend to take into consideration how many people benefit from the billionaires getting those tax cuts. They don't just take all of that money and stuff it under a big mattress, they usually end up investing it back into their business. Look at how many jobs that have been created and how many people that can pay their bills because of the jobs that have been created by said billionaires. This notion that there should be some kind of cap that would stiffle such growth seems so bizarre to me. Why should I give 2 damns how much money someone else has? Most millionaires and billionaires are 1st generation. How is anyone else somehow entitled to tell them how they should spend it, and probably the better question is, if you had been the one who had generated such wealth, would you really want someone else to have the power to somehow strip you of it and give it to someone who didn't earn it?
There is no hate but, it's the system that we should hate. The richer you get the lesser tax you pay, which lower income people don't get the privilege of. Being a billionaire gives more power to influence politics and pay their way for influencing laws to keep themselves rich, and ultimately these elaws affect non-rich people. When we have rich people influencing politics, we have more laws that will keep communities underdeveloped and contribute to exploitation. Everyone deserves to have wealth to spend on something they like, everyone should have a chance to be able to survive without working two jobs. You may think that this is limited to your country, but because billionaires have power in their own country, they have even more power in poorer countries, like mine, where foreign billionaire corporations get away with not contributing to any longterm development to any communities (they do not have to build schools, but guess what, you could help with social development, help the people who are advocating for gender equality laws, and protecting SA victims), or keeping the environment safe. All these millionaires get away with $$$upporting the government.
@007mooo6 Don't get me wrong, cronism I am 100% against. When these corporate billionaires get into bed with these politicians there should be jail time for both. But there has never been a monopoly that hasn't been government facilitated. I wouldn't be opposed to a flat tax across the board for everyone but I also understand why we would want to reward people with tax incentives that do create hundreds if not thousands of ways for other people to make a living. I also think it's presumptive to think that these people don't pay their "fair share". For example, if I pay 20% and that is $10,000 and they only pay 2% but their 2% is $10,000,000, then who is paying more in taxes? You can't just lay all of the burden of taxation on the wealthy, otherwise it stomps out any incentive to work harder, achieve more, and eliminates any desire to create and innovate.
I come from a rather wealthy family and I don't like very wealthy people very few of them have a soul I live just like everyone else I don't believe money makes you who you are that's comes from your heart and your soul but generalizing people with money is ridiculous just like generalizing anything else when it comes to people everyone is different I don't idolize anybody like that but I will tell you that I don't have a problem with people becoming billionaires if they would give back
If you take the social democratic position of regulated capitalism, you will repeatedly find yourself in argumentative contradictions. Super rich people are part of the system, or rather rich people will influence the political rules in their favor. And they inevitably have more options within the system. And that's not a bug, but wine feuture. I'm German, but the USA as an example is enough. Right from the start, the system was designed so that the right people had more influence. For example, the electoral college system. It doesn't matter whether the super rich person deserves it or not. The effects are crucial. Maybe everyone can do it, but not everyone at the same time.
Taylor Swift IS a different kind of billionaire. Most billionaires are technical billionaires because they own part of the company they started. It’s not like they have it in cash. They can’t cash out without giving up their companies. Taylor swift however has it in pure cash. She did not start a public company. So she is actually richer than a lot of other billionaires
And she also pays her people very well and last year she gave everyone a 100,000 bonus which is life-changing to people like us that have to work every day she gives millions of dollars to food banks wherever she has a concert so she basically has pulled 55 million out of a pocket just in bonuses for her people she appreciates them and she shows it and that's the difference between being a greedy billionaire and being one who worked hard and earned all that she has
@@christinacosty7013 The terms "billionaire" and "greedy billionaire" are functionally the same. Aside from those who inherited their wealth, no one becomes a millionaire without an insane level of greed. Think about it. The idea of a billion is in itself staggering. A million seconds go by in about eleven days. A billion seconds go by in about 31 years. Making millions is a tall task for even the most talented, hard working of people. Making billions? That requires a full on obsession with money. There's just no getting around it. If you've accrued billions, you have assuredly done it at great expense to the world around you. While it's true that many (perhaps even most) billionaires give away some of their money, it's important to keep some perspective. Again, remember how insanely large a sum of money a billion dollars is. Let's assume your net worth is $100,000, and let's say out of pure kindness you gave someone ten dollars. You would be giving away 0.01% of your net worth. For a billionaire, giving away $100,000 is about like you or I giving someone ten dollars or less. It's a nice gesture, but not exactly a huge sacrifice. Billionaires making large charitable donations is even less impressive given that it's essentially good PR as well as a healthy tax deduction. The point is that the money that a billionaire rakes in didn't come from nowhere. It inevitably comes from the sweat and toil of others as well as a whole lot of good luck in life, but also, equally inevitably, a lot of just plain old fashioned greed on the part of the billionaire. The fact that they toss a few bones to the peasants doesn't change any of that.
Her I could agree. But Donald? Either can the stereotypes, or your channel will be the downfall of our country. Everything has both good and bad in it. Money is not evil in and of itself. It's the LOVE of money we have to be concerned with
My point is that it's great that we have more female billionaires, in terms of the fact that women can now reach that level of success. But on the other hand they're getting there through the same paths of exploitation which are overall harmful for the general population.
You don't make a billion dollars, you take a billion dollars. It seems that the majority of billionaires are only able to be billionaires because their wealth is accumulated off the back of not paying their workers fairly or giving them good working conditions and/or they are using up the planet's resources in unsustainable ways and actively encouraging a culture of overconsumption.
@@greenstockingsociety Unless there is a gun to their heads, every one of those people made a conscious choice to work for her and understood those conditions when they took the job. They also had the choice to quit if they didn't like said conditions.
I don’t hold this viewpoint because if I could, I would def be a millionaire or billionaire rather than struggle, so it would be hypocritical of me to act like this. But good luck to you and your struggling middle class life.
But how would they become billionaires? If they get there through the same methods of exploitation, is that actually good? Considering that if they are in industries like fashion for example, and go by business as usual in fast fashion, they'll end up exploiting tonnes of women in the Global South to create the products that make them billionaires. I'd prefer no billionaires and more successful women in general. But this level of wealth is ridiculous.
And this is the problem with "girlboss"-type feminism ... it focuses on money and power without questioning how they are used. We shouldn't close women off from power, but we need to completely rebuild all social systems.
It's an illusion to believe or want there to be no billionaires. You might have many more people, but this wealth level will never cease. When you see yourself in a society that has a lot of equality, then it's because everyone is poor - and a much larger hand is profiting from you. @@greenstockingsociety
the "we all have the same 24 hours" comment genuinely boils my blood
If you watch that whole Diary of a CEO episode she says she's had backlash for it but then totally doubles down on it. Yes working hard, working efficiently is important but like, someone born in poverty could make the most of every opportunity, be incredibly hard working, work smart not hard and follow all of those slogans, and still not make this amount of money!
Ok I accidently wrote a fucking testament.
We need to understand that even "self-made" billionares get their money from somewhere, that somewhere being, in part, other rich people and companies and businesses. So even if people like Taylor Swift became rich "through their own music", we have to think where does her money come from, and it's certainly not from the fans alone. Who sponsors Taylor's shows? Who does she hire to manage the festivals and events she attends to? Who produces her albums, who works at the record labels, who builds the microphones she uses, her instruments, who manages her public image and propaganda, who works selling her products, in the transportation of her whole team? All these people are responsible for her wealth aswell. No billionaire is self made. That's an illusion.
Look at her shows here in Brasil, as an example. Her team hired a company called Tickets 4 Fun to manage her presentations, a company that has accusations of using slave labour in the organization of Lollapalooza, and that's not even the worst part. A fan died during the show in the Estádio Milton Santos, in Rio de Janeiro, because of the way that T4F organized the whole thing, and other 1000 people passed out. Y'all wanna know what was Taylor's words on that? None. She didn't talk about it. Not even the name of the fan who died, not even a homage, nothing. She and T4F didn't even pay for the transporting of the fan's body, other fans did it. Please, research it. And all that just happened in the name of profit. Taylor profited from these shows, Tickets 4 Fun did aswell. So don't come saying that Taylor is a "different" billionaire. And don't get me wrong, I love her music, I was a really huge fan, trully, but we have to understand that, in the capitalist system, there are no "good billionaires" and Taylor profits from the work (and death) of others the same way that other billionaires do.
But ya know, gonna keep listening to her music lol. Srry for the huge text, and great video aswell! Really liked it :)
Ahhh preach!! Yes yes yesss that's one of the big points I wanted to get across like 'self made' is BS, you're either born super rich in which case your relatives exploited people or you exploit people yourself enough to earn this much money arrghh
Another good example of this is Rihanna. Fenty is co-owned by LVMH. LVMH is in the top 3 of the richest men of the world and it is a known fact he is not ethical.
We have to remember that a lot of, if not most, celebrities / influencers / etc 's business start with the involvement of a big company. The latter is often the one that pitch the products idea to the celebrity.
(I am at the beginning of the video so maybe all of this is already mentioned)
Yep Rihanna, and Beyonce, are both such good examples because everyone looks to them as these powerful feminist empowering figures when really they're benefiting from exploitative supply chains that are hurting women 🙃
@@greenstockingsociety Facts 👏
She did acknowledge the fan who died. And she can’t manage all areas of her career. She seem like a literal robot when it come to productivity, but it’s still too much for one person. And as far as using the bad instutiibs in place currently… should she change them if so , how?
Not hating on ur comment. Just playing devils advocate. It helps us be our best critical thinking selves.
Morality comes with a price. Only those who don't purchase it become billionaires.
Nobody becomes a millionaire by being ethical. Especially in the world of fashion and it has been like that even centuries ago. I recommend reading Emil Zola's Ladies Paradise
Nah that’s false. It’s not that hard to become a millionaire. You could become a millionaire by starting an animal rescue sanctuary and making a youtube channel for it. There are plenty of ways to become a millionaire 100% ethically.
Billionaire on the other hand is a different story. You absolutely can NOT become a *billionaire* by being ethical. But millionaire definitely
Surely you mean billionaire, becoming a millionaire is ethical
There are 100% ethical ways to be a millionaire, there is a huge difference between a millionaire and a billionaire. Millionaires are sometimes just people who got lucky and managed to strike gold in industries like acting, music, etc.
@@ForrestMccroy you think becoming a millionaire by starting an animal rescue sanctuary and making a RUclips channel for it is ethical? lol you're lost and clueless.
@@omardelmar You’re cognitively deficient and morally corrupt. How do you think it is unethical to rescue animals? Jfc are you a sadist or something?
Taylor donated 1 million to a foundation to support tornado victims in Tennessee. While I think it is admirable, 1 million is a drop in the mf bucket of her being a billionaire. It’s performative at best and tactical at worse (considering it is one of the many places she grew up it’s no surprise she would help) but if I recall she made no donations to the Maui fires, or even to charities beyond ones that she’s “directly” linked to in order to keep the home town girl image up. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) but it all just seems so performative, and the swifties would rather have a brown nose and whole ass face than have critical critiques on something that is cut and dry.
The wealthy receive tax breaks for those donations, too - so they aren't even surrendering the amount they seem to be. And for many of them, it's basically transforming cash into PR and it's worth it. Even Bezos donated 120 million in the wake of a scandal.
1 million is like paying an ad of i am good look i donate 1million and it will generate more good publicity in news, sponsors, fans…and will get 10x or more of that money
it's also tax deductible for her
Yes! Please do the music industry video. I'm interested in the impact of touring, music production, festivals, etc.
Thanks! I do think it would make an interesting video, especially with things like Coldplay planting trees with tickets and adding a bunch of sustainability initiatives to their tour 👀
You seem like a person who's channel will grow out exponentially! Keep doing these type of videos :) founf you on my recommended
Aw thank you!! ❤️ Glad you enjoyed watching :)
It's interesting to me as a feminist that feminists leap to defend Swift and idolize her. All criticism of her is dismissed as "misogyny" or "internalized misogyny". While Swift has been targeted by misogyny and the right-wing before, there's more and more evidence of legitimate problems - and those shouldn't be mistaken for sexism. People who are normally good at seeing through unethical systems will defend her despite white feminism, capitalism, and other bad behaviour. It disappoints me to see that many feminists can't shake the celebrity worship of the rich - of Swift and of others, too. Girlboss feminism are parasocial relationships are out of hand.
I would never even want to be a billionaire. A millionaire? YES!!
Thanks for covering this topic! As a fellow anti-capitalist Swiftie, I’ve been wondering the same thing!
Glad you enjoyed!
same! thanks girl
You don’t need to excuse the evils of a music artist you like just because you like them. I like XXXTENTACION music a lot but I am also against domestic abuse and he was a domestic abuser. You don’t have to pretend an artist is a good person just to like their music it’s ok to enjoy music made by artists who are bad people. Most artists tend to be bad people tbh. John Lennon beat his son.
Right but by paying to listen to their music, buying their merch, going to their concerts, you are supporting them with your money and your approval? What does that signal to them? 'I don't need to change because I still have fans regardless of what kind of person I am'? Also money brings influence - do you want people who are known abusers for example to have more power?
I found this video through my recommended page! The algorithm is on your side keep it up
Aw great to hear!! Thanks so much
Just google how she gave 0 f***s to the Brazilian fan who died at her concert (which she lied about saying it happened before her concert). The stadium's air vents were blocked so that people outside couldn't see the performance. People were prohibited from bringing in water bottles, forcing them to purchase overpriced water from the venue. At some point, they ran out of water for sale. Many people fainted. In the midst of a heatwave, their primary concern was profit, not everybody's safety. And Taylor's team not only failed to take action to hold the promoters accountable for what happened but also did nothing to assist the girl's family and instead just tried to downplay the whole thing.
This happened after I filmed this but it was all over my feed! I think that's an interesting separate issue about where the responsibility lies but it does tie into this video I think because Taylor has taken on this sort of goddess status which inherently will at some point lead to some negative outcomes. There's just so much more to consider the bigger a fanbase is, just like with a company as it grows and grows and visibility and traceability across everything becomes less and less.
It is all Taylor's fault. 🤔 Ask Ana's family?
IDK how much of it Swift was responsible for, but the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth. It seemed gross to fake cry over the fan you might've endangered only after a PR nightmare. We are willing to concede that Travis Scott, for instance, was responsible for many concert deaths. But Swift keeps a benign image no matter what.
Is like the snub of celine and afterward the picture of the two together and not saying nothing about….people will always forgive Taylor but i think some people are open their eyes and being more critical
I knew about Ana (very, very sad) and have heard people saying that Taylor + team is adamant that it "happened before her show." Ok... and? The whole event is her show, Ana was there to see Taylor. Right??
I DID NOT know that they had closed the AIR VENTS to prevent outsiders from getting a peek inside. They know that some (most) of those people outside have supported her in any way that they possibly can but it is impossible for them to afford those ridiculous ticket prices so they punish them for being poor and then punish the ticket payers by essentially suffocating them. That is sickening.
I may be wrong but I don't remember Ariana scrambling around "the Manchester b0mbing happened AFTER my show!" She seemed genuinely wrecked and devastated and suspended her concert then promised her fans that she would return to Manchester for a Benefit... and she did. Bravely. Less than 2 weeks after the attack and raised several million dollars for the survivors/family and friends of the victims.
I 100% understand that these 2 tragedies are hardly comparable. Manchester was a viscous attack of hate + violence where MANY people were harmed/died while Brazil was a tragic but avoidable act of negligence and mother nature but how do you feel about the way the 2 singers responded?
While Ana's death is in no way directly Taylor's fault, her making it known that her death was "before her show," gives me an icky feeling. Like maybe she does feel somewhat responsible but can't admit that without admitting the greed of high cost water/making it impossible for outsiders to experience even the tiniest bit of her tour without paying for tickets. I kind of feel like she is deflecting a little bit by changing the timeline because Ana's friend came out and said that Ana started feeling ill during Sabrina's set but actually passed out during Cruel Summer. So, from what I've read Ana died during Taylor's concert because of the negligent company that was hired by Taylor's team.
I don't think she should have mentioned when Ana passed in her statement... just how she felt, honor Ana and her family and Brazil, etc. Imo, it comes off as her grasping at any kind of control over the narrative as she can.
Wow, completely didn’t realize that this video only has 1k views, high quality content
Thank you! 🙌
She is no different from rich people and now from the category billionaire. And her family was already wealth thats why they took her to nashville and invested in her career…yes she is talent but a lot of people are but do not have the same chances….that and bezos getting a help from his parents is the same…one is a singer other not. If people start paying less for her merchandising because she got a lot of money we will see Taylor really persona pop up “why does the new album not get 1million in first week?” Maybe people can not afford no more, or it will in the 6th week….a lot of artists dont get the same sales because the fans honestly can not afford or are not that obssess and can listen on spotify…if that happen to her we will see a different Taylor because she is obsess in keeping the same track for all the years she is here…and that history already teach us….will not happen. And this is my opinion, not hating, i like her music but not to the extreme like is the best thing in life
Yes you should judge her. She’s 34 and singing about ex boyfriends to become a billionaire. What don’t you get. That is sick, disgusting and twisted.
You do realize that most songs are written about somebody and there's millions of songs about breakups and old boyfriends and whatnot she's not the first one to do this
$250k is not lot of money for a start up that has became the size if Amazon.
Jeff parents were upper middle class and not extremely rich. I dont understand this argument at all.
I can find 20 friends and family and can raise 200k and I'm sure I won't be able to create a company with the size of Amazon, Google or whatever other multi billion dollar companies.
She makes the mistake of transfiguring it into a moral issue. You wouldn't make it because the gap in the market is already closed. If there is a gap in the market, someone with good capital and good connections has a better chance of filling it. And once the snowball rolls, it's always difficult to push into it. And as soon as the oligopoly is established, the measly sums are no longer enough.
she a billionaire and still out there coming for royalties from a new artist like olivia rodrigo…. awful
If you think they are all awful why does it make a difference who it is? Please don't play stupid.
Yes, because with Swift a lot of people defend her in a way they wouldn't other billionaires - arguing she does no harm, she's a feminist icon, it's empowerment for her to become a billionaire. Her celebrity worship is worth deconstructing.
Its clear that some billionaires have not fullly deserved their wealth. Fair enough!
But somethings clearly missing here...
That amount of wealth is not a simple bank balance saying 1 billion+... its invested in assets that further boost the economy. Tell yourself this... if all the billionaires sold their companies and all their assets to give to the needy and to charities, this would have a damaging effect to the economy. The value of the dollar would go down, and many companies will be left in the hands of less experienced people creating a net loss for society and even the poor.
This notion that they dont deserve it and so they should give it away is so oversimplified, it negates basic ecenomic principles!
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Thank you so much 😊
Why the hell would we make an exception?
This was such an interesting video, I was wondering the same thing lol
Thanks! I just couldn't resist having a deep dive into it 😅
I tend to take into consideration how many people benefit from the billionaires getting those tax cuts. They don't just take all of that money and stuff it under a big mattress, they usually end up investing it back into their business. Look at how many jobs that have been created and how many people that can pay their bills because of the jobs that have been created by said billionaires. This notion that there should be some kind of cap that would stiffle such growth seems so bizarre to me. Why should I give 2 damns how much money someone else has? Most millionaires and billionaires are 1st generation. How is anyone else somehow entitled to tell them how they should spend it, and probably the better question is, if you had been the one who had generated such wealth, would you really want someone else to have the power to somehow strip you of it and give it to someone who didn't earn it?
There is no hate but, it's the system that we should hate. The richer you get the lesser tax you pay, which lower income people don't get the privilege of.
Being a billionaire gives more power to influence politics and pay their way for influencing laws to keep themselves rich, and ultimately these elaws affect non-rich people. When we have rich people influencing politics, we have more laws that will keep communities underdeveloped and contribute to exploitation.
Everyone deserves to have wealth to spend on something they like, everyone should have a chance to be able to survive without working two jobs. You may think that this is limited to your country, but because billionaires have power in their own country, they have even more power in poorer countries, like mine, where foreign billionaire corporations get away with not contributing to any longterm development to any communities (they do not have to build schools, but guess what, you could help with social development, help the people who are advocating for gender equality laws, and protecting SA victims), or keeping the environment safe. All these millionaires get away with $$$upporting the government.
@007mooo6 Don't get me wrong, cronism I am 100% against. When these corporate billionaires get into bed with these politicians there should be jail time for both. But there has never been a monopoly that hasn't been government facilitated. I wouldn't be opposed to a flat tax across the board for everyone but I also understand why we would want to reward people with tax incentives that do create hundreds if not thousands of ways for other people to make a living. I also think it's presumptive to think that these people don't pay their "fair share". For example, if I pay 20% and that is $10,000 and they only pay 2% but their 2% is $10,000,000, then who is paying more in taxes? You can't just lay all of the burden of taxation on the wealthy, otherwise it stomps out any incentive to work harder, achieve more, and eliminates any desire to create and innovate.
I come from a rather wealthy family and I don't like very wealthy people very few of them have a soul I live just like everyone else I don't believe money makes you who you are that's comes from your heart and your soul but generalizing people with money is ridiculous just like generalizing anything else when it comes to people everyone is different I don't idolize anybody like that but I will tell you that I don't have a problem with people becoming billionaires if they would give back
Yes. She is.
If you take the social democratic position of regulated capitalism, you will repeatedly find yourself in argumentative contradictions. Super rich people are part of the system, or rather rich people will influence the political rules in their favor. And they inevitably have more options within the system.
And that's not a bug, but wine feuture. I'm German, but the USA as an example is enough. Right from the start, the system was designed so that the right people had more influence. For example, the electoral college system.
It doesn't matter whether the super rich person deserves it or not. The effects are crucial. Maybe everyone can do it, but not everyone at the same time.
Bumble Premium is really expensive though. 😂 The Founder doesn't need anymore money!
Dont put yourself down, you can do anything
Taylor Swift IS a different kind of billionaire. Most billionaires are technical billionaires because they own part of the company they started. It’s not like they have it in cash. They can’t cash out without giving up their companies. Taylor swift however has it in pure cash. She did not start a public company. So she is actually richer than a lot of other billionaires
You're delusional
Ok, If she shared 50% / 50% with the workers building her concerts structures, she would not be rich 🤑
And she also pays her people very well and last year she gave everyone a 100,000 bonus which is life-changing to people like us that have to work every day she gives millions of dollars to food banks wherever she has a concert so she basically has pulled 55 million out of a pocket just in bonuses for her people she appreciates them and she shows it and that's the difference between being a greedy billionaire and being one who worked hard and earned all that she has
@@christinacosty7013 The terms "billionaire" and "greedy billionaire" are functionally the same. Aside from those who inherited their wealth, no one becomes a millionaire without an insane level of greed. Think about it. The idea of a billion is in itself staggering. A million seconds go by in about eleven days. A billion seconds go by in about 31 years. Making millions is a tall task for even the most talented, hard working of people. Making billions? That requires a full on obsession with money. There's just no getting around it. If you've accrued billions, you have assuredly done it at great expense to the world around you.
While it's true that many (perhaps even most) billionaires give away some of their money, it's important to keep some perspective. Again, remember how insanely large a sum of money a billion dollars is. Let's assume your net worth is $100,000, and let's say out of pure kindness you gave someone ten dollars. You would be giving away 0.01% of your net worth. For a billionaire, giving away $100,000 is about like you or I giving someone ten dollars or less. It's a nice gesture, but not exactly a huge sacrifice. Billionaires making large charitable donations is even less impressive given that it's essentially good PR as well as a healthy tax deduction.
The point is that the money that a billionaire rakes in didn't come from nowhere. It inevitably comes from the sweat and toil of others as well as a whole lot of good luck in life, but also, equally inevitably, a lot of just plain old fashioned greed on the part of the billionaire. The fact that they toss a few bones to the peasants doesn't change any of that.
Her I could agree. But Donald? Either can the stereotypes, or your channel will be the downfall of our country. Everything has both good and bad in it. Money is not evil in and of itself. It's the LOVE of money we have to be concerned with
What a simple minded person
Hey, what do you mean by that?
You surely are.
so what’s your point?
My point is that it's great that we have more female billionaires, in terms of the fact that women can now reach that level of success. But on the other hand they're getting there through the same paths of exploitation which are overall harmful for the general population.
@@greenstockingsociety what do you mean by exploitation and harming the general population?
You don't make a billion dollars, you take a billion dollars. It seems that the majority of billionaires are only able to be billionaires because their wealth is accumulated off the back of not paying their workers fairly or giving them good working conditions and/or they are using up the planet's resources in unsustainable ways and actively encouraging a culture of overconsumption.
@@greenstockingsociety Unless there is a gun to their heads, every one of those people made a conscious choice to work for her and understood those conditions when they took the job. They also had the choice to quit if they didn't like said conditions.
I don’t hold this viewpoint because if I could, I would def be a millionaire or billionaire rather than struggle, so it would be hypocritical of me to act like this. But good luck to you and your struggling middle class life.
You're missing an intersectional perspective on this.
Can you elaborate? I touched on race, gender and class throughout but maybe not explicitly enough? Would love to know your thoughts :)
How exactly? I mean, Taylor Swift is a notorious white feminist who is insanely privileged in every single other way except gender.
Someone is 🧂
Taylor Swift did not inherit her money she worked very hard for it
not really. He father financed her career, even bought a bunch a copies of her early album lol
Maybe, the thing is: more woman should be billionaires.
But how would they become billionaires? If they get there through the same methods of exploitation, is that actually good?
Considering that if they are in industries like fashion for example, and go by business as usual in fast fashion, they'll end up exploiting tonnes of women in the Global South to create the products that make them billionaires.
I'd prefer no billionaires and more successful women in general. But this level of wealth is ridiculous.
No, the thing is: no one should be billionaires
And this is the problem with "girlboss"-type feminism ... it focuses on money and power without questioning how they are used. We shouldn't close women off from power, but we need to completely rebuild all social systems.
It's an illusion to believe or want there to be no billionaires. You might have many more people, but this wealth level will never cease. When you see yourself in a society that has a lot of equality, then it's because everyone is poor - and a much larger hand is profiting from you. @@greenstockingsociety