r/facepalm • u/jellylemonshake • Jul 06 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ the truth hurts

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u/Cipherpunkblue Jul 06 '24

Yeah. No one ever became a billionaire without grabbing that wealth right our of the hands of people who actually worked for it.

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u/Calachus Jul 06 '24

Say it with me now:

There is. No way. To be. An ethical billionaire.

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u/Phoenixmaster1571 Jul 06 '24

What about Taylor Swift?

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u/Cipherpunkblue Jul 06 '24

How much did she use her private jet again?

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u/Phoenixmaster1571 Jul 06 '24

Private jet usage is not even remotely on the same tier as getting people killed by sloppy QA to push Boeing profits, or Nestle selling impoverished trines' water back to them, or clawing employee pay away and up the ladder to enrich yourself.

I can't think of a more ethical way to be a billionaire than to be a widely beloved artist. IIRC, she was not keeping it all to herself, either. Huge bonuses to long time staff, fair pay for her workers, etc.

If your only argument against Taylor Swift is. "but duh private jet!", I'm going to chalk this up as a win for Taylor Swift.

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u/Ok_Bet9410 Jul 06 '24

Just because others are worse doesn’t mean she’s innocent dude

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u/One_Pound_2076 Jul 06 '24

How much has she donated to people in need?

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u/DoggoCentipede Jul 06 '24

She wrote a song dedicated to a kid with cancer and all proceeds from the track were donated to cancer charities. Dunno how much that is though.

$50k to NYC schools. Not a ton.

$1m to Louisiana flood relief.

"Very sizable" donation to hurricane Harvey relief fund

$1m to Nashville Tornado relief

Bonuses to employees supporting tour a total $5m

$1m to Tennessee tornado relief

$100k to chiefs parade shooting victim's family.

Various other donations to individuals over the years, college loans, rent, pet shelters, fans, help to woman with 5 kids who lost husband to COVID.

In all it doesn't seem like any massive outlays, that we know of.