▲ 391 ▼ Taylor Swift among 141 new billionaires in ‘amazing year for rich people’ (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/globalnews@lemmy.zip 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments Combined assets of $14.2tn are more than the GDP of every country except China and the US Archived version: https://archive.ph/o2gaB
[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's the messaging. She has a ridiculous amount of fame, and uses that spotlight to encourage others to do good - and her fans do listen. Most billionaires live that unfathomably selfish lifestyle while overtly giving society the finger. Don't get me wrong - that whole spectrum is a subset of evil, but even it has its degrees of better vs worse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) She just says nice things? That's it? I'm completely ignorant on celebrities or pop music. I find that WP has a page on the "Political impact of Taylor Swift" It sounds she is no different from a corporation putting a rainbow flag to their logo for pride month. I mean, it's something. One shouldn't be too cynical. But it's also kinda normal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) She's donated quite a lot: https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/100k-donation-chiefs-parade-shooting-victim/ Now to be completely honest, with all her insane wealth, the amount she gives is proportionally very very little. But at least she does something, I guess? Not that I'm defending the multi-billionaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago saying "not that I'm defending a billionaire" while defending a billion doesn't make you not defend them. she didn't just donate very very little. she donates almost nothing of her wealth every time regardless of whether it's a single person or the whole cause. she donates enough to make the news and no more. permalink fedilink source parent [–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yup, that's pretty much it, that's how low the bar is for other billionaires. That's all it takes to make her "the best of a very bad bunch" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) She just says nice things? That's it? I'm completely ignorant on celebrities or pop music. I find that WP has a page on the "Political impact of Taylor Swift" It sounds she is no different from a corporation putting a rainbow flag to their logo for pride month. I mean, it's something. One shouldn't be too cynical. But it's also kinda normal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) She's donated quite a lot: https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/100k-donation-chiefs-parade-shooting-victim/ Now to be completely honest, with all her insane wealth, the amount she gives is proportionally very very little. But at least she does something, I guess? Not that I'm defending the multi-billionaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago saying "not that I'm defending a billionaire" while defending a billion doesn't make you not defend them. she didn't just donate very very little. she donates almost nothing of her wealth every time regardless of whether it's a single person or the whole cause. she donates enough to make the news and no more. permalink fedilink source parent [–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yup, that's pretty much it, that's how low the bar is for other billionaires. That's all it takes to make her "the best of a very bad bunch" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) She's donated quite a lot: https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/100k-donation-chiefs-parade-shooting-victim/ Now to be completely honest, with all her insane wealth, the amount she gives is proportionally very very little. But at least she does something, I guess? Not that I'm defending the multi-billionaire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago saying "not that I'm defending a billionaire" while defending a billion doesn't make you not defend them. she didn't just donate very very little. she donates almost nothing of her wealth every time regardless of whether it's a single person or the whole cause. she donates enough to make the news and no more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago saying "not that I'm defending a billionaire" while defending a billion doesn't make you not defend them. she didn't just donate very very little. she donates almost nothing of her wealth every time regardless of whether it's a single person or the whole cause. she donates enough to make the news and no more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Yup, that's pretty much it, that's how low the bar is for other billionaires. That's all it takes to make her "the best of a very bad bunch" permalink fedilink source parent