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by renewiltord7 hours ago |
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upvoteby shevy-java7 hours ago|
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I don't think Taylor is close to lead any villain-list of superrich. Teter Phiel using money to buy influence and influence legislation or Melon usk, the guy fidgeting about with his right arm constantly pointing skywards - these guys definitely would be way before Taylor. But the main issue is why a few hold so much money. There needs to be a mandate to re-invest and improve the conditions on the planet past a certain threshold. Using their money to undermine democracy - now that should be a perma-jail offence.
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upvoteby renewiltord7 hours ago|
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Agreed. I propose choosing $1m as the threshold unrealized and realized summed. A 100% wealth tax on anything over that should help reduce inequality.
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upvoteby hn_acc15 hours ago|
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This can't be said in any kind of good faith. You'd put a lot of people in bigger cities out on the streets, including people who never worked above "bookeeper" or "factory worker" whose houses happen to be in a desirable location 40 years after they bought them.
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upvoteby renewiltord4 hours ago|
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So just because they were bookkeepers we should let them hoard wealth when most Americans could not afford an unexpected expense? To a person with $100 in their checking account both a millionaire and a billionaire are impossibly far away.

I think what’s happening here is that a bunch of millionaires are complaining that there are people richer than them so they want the limit higher than them. But they don’t realize they’re the problem. They’re the top 3% while people are suffering.

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upvoteby jacquesm7 hours ago|
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We're all capable of seeing the difference between Taylor Swift and Epstein and his crowd. Well, almost all, apparently.
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upvoteby renewiltord7 hours ago|
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> You don't become a billionaire by being moral

If you’re ESL, that statement actually doesn’t specifically reference Epstein et al. If you’re not ESL, I suggest a remedial course and then the statement doesn’t specifically reference Epstein et al.

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upvoteby jacquesm7 hours ago|
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What an incredibly dumb and insulting comment.
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upvoteby jordanb7 hours ago|
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Of course the grappling to find one good billionaire begins. While Taylor Swift is not nearly as obviously evil as the tech bros, she grifts the shit out of her fans.

I do think it's kinda evil to create a parasocial relationship situation with millions of young girls and then mine every last penny of disposable income out of them. She could have just as easily superstar multi-millionare with far less grifting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKWE1fH0pDo

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upvoteby shevy-java7 hours ago|
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> she grifts the shit out of her fans

People are free to use their money. I am not sure why that should be the fault of Taylor?

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upvoteby FireBeyond6 hours ago|
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Aren't many of Swift's fans children?

That being said I think comparing Swift to the likes of Thiel and Musk is comedic at best.

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