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You are the real hero
I bet they wear a cape, when no one’s looking
I think in basketball they call that an alley oop.
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Well, I can't say I can name even one of her songs, but if she triggers magats and has Luke Skywalker on her side, then I guess it's time to get Swiftie in here or whatever.
I have heard literally one of her songs and only because I was being paid to write a parody of it, but based on her overall behavior, she seems like she's better than pretty much every other billionaire out there. Admittedly a low bar, but still something.
There was a pandemic era interview of her that was really poignant and insightful. She knows and things about quite a lot. Her Midnights album had a lot of self criticism and reflection, and she's commented a lot more about unfair gender norms.
She also kept a music store in Nashville afloat during the pandemic, and she's really generous about health insurance and bonuses. Her truckers for her tour got $100k in just bonuses.
I'm a fan. I think as far as billionaires go, she's achieved it in the only ethical manner possible. Being a global music sensation is pretty much the only way to do so -- if she has even just 100,000,000 fans globally, each just needs to spend $10 for her to make a billion. And honestly, I don't think that fan number is that off.
Sure, she makes and made mistakes. She's human. But all in all, I quite like her. I'm biased certainly, I grew up listening to her music. I listened to it a lot through a lot of loneliness, and at some of my lowest points, I was listening to "this is me trying" daily (and "beautiful" by Eminem, an odd pair to be sure).
I'm a 29 year old man and I'm happy to call myself a Swiftie haha
Just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed reading your take on Swift. Thanks for sharing. ☺️
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Rowling used to be my example of a good billionaire, then she went all TERF-y.
Rowling earned her billion ethically -- she just turned out to be a unethical person, and it wasn't known until much later.
Alongside Taylor Swift it highlights the only way to ethically be a billionaire -- mass global popularity. When you have 100,000,000 fans, and each of them spend just $10 on a book or album, you make a billion.
>Rowling earned her billion ethically
citation needed
She famously wrote books that sold well and then she sold rights to movies and video games based on those books which got her even more money.
If you're saying that is unethical then the onus is on you to tell us how.
copyright is immoral
copyright is immoral
citation needed
I don't think copyright is inherently immoral. I think it's good to have at least a temporary monopoly on a piece of creative work that you've made. The important word here is temporary. The way it's set up right now, copyright protection lasts too damn long.
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people share stories. it's natural and good. copyright is a government enforced monopoly that prohibits sharing. it's immoral.
The gubmint isn't forcing you to only sell your stories. If you want, you can upload your stories on a website for free.
But you don't get to tell people how they should distribute their creation. That's some authoritarian bullshit.
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Oh you're one of those people, living in delulu fantasy land.
this is just an insult. it is not a rebuttal. personal attacks are expressly prohibited in this community.
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Not inherently, but the way it's currently set up sure is.
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Shit on the floor!
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An article...about a tweet...quoting another tweet.
I mean, it's mildly interesting, but I don't know that this is really news.
The page also doesn't load for me. Probably because I block so much bullshit. Don't know the quote, don't care. Time to keep scrolling 🤣
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Trump, meanwhile, has claimed he made Swift “so much money” and argued she’d be “disloyal” if she supported Biden, like she did in 2020.
Buzz word disloyal Means a green light to followers.
MAGAts: "Y'all hear what Trump wants us to do?"
Thomas Edison: "I'm deaf in one ear and I heard that."
Beethoven: "Tommy, my boy, I'm deaf in both ears and I know what he meant."
Helen Keller: Yeah, it's clear as day what he's saying.
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Trump said the class war part out loud
He wrote most of her songs.
Duff man says a lot of things. If you are still listening your brain will just stay hurt. Ignore the trolls.
Apparently she secretly coached her boyfriend to win the Superbowl or something
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Other than her songs she literally has not said anything about politics this round but everyone is freaking the fuck out.
So much stupidity
Other than her songs she literally has not said anything about politics this round but everyone is freaking the fuck out.
So much stupidity
They fear her potential, so they try for a pre-emptive strike.
Insecure conservative men truly fear and dread women who hold their own power.
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Mark Hamill is a treasure, but why can't he be on Mastodon? George Takei has 420k followers, and he could too.
Because Trekkies understand Tech and Warries understand Religion.
Star Trek: mostly hard sci-fi
Star Wars: fantasy space opera with magic powers
It's aggravating that Twitter is still treated as the public square when half of the public has abandoned it.
Even with a mountain of earned media (AKA free publicity), loosening restrictions and enforcement on bot accounts and trolls, and tens of billions of dollars of new investment, It's dropping rapidly off the social map. It's less popular than Instagram, Telegram, Weibo, and Facebook Messenger (not Facebook - Facebook Messenger). Every time I see a news article promoting it I cringe. When I see people who should know better sticking around to prop up the dying platform it's beyond disappointing.
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hehe… Hamill does a better Luke Skywalker IRL than anything anyone could write in the last 25 years.
nice
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I'm so sick of seeing her name. I don't care what celebrities think about politics, they're either part of the ruling class or are a willing servant.
Swift puts out more carbon than hundreds, maybe even thousands of other people. I couldn't care less what she thinks about trump. Yes he's an asshole that I want breaking rocks in prison, but you really don't deserve input.
I disagree. She's got a platform that reaches people. If this is the thing that pushes younger people to get out and vote against Trump, then I'm all for it.
Do I think it's short-sighted to vote on what a celebrity says? Sure, and I wouldn't do it. But I'm also interested in US politics, and a lot of people aren't/tune it out. I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth if this is where people find their motivation.
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