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But my favorite single digit billionaire pop star is one of the "good billionaires"! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You also can't snap your fingers and take everyone off the street. Sure, you can pay for places and help, but people aren't obliged to take it. Unless you're arguing for forcing that situation?

I understand the argument is simply "billionaires shouldn't exist", but that's a job for the government by way of taxation. There's no reason to point fingers at TS, she sells something people want really bad for some reason. Instead, point your finger at any of your asshole friends who don't vote or show up to help the cause.

Otherwise what? TS sucks because she's disgustingly rich, and the only way out is to give it all away? And then of course all other billionaires will follow suit?

These posts really seem like nothing more than "it's cathartic to yell at the sky, and it's even better if some people like the sky".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Man, sometimes people have a point even if other points exist. The point is that it's a bad thing to ignore one example of badness because you want to. If you wanna paint this as a moral judgement of TS, ok fine, but my issue here isn't so much with her but with people who want to have exceptions to their own moral code. And yes that moral code in this case is the job of the government.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ok fair enough. That wasn't my read of it.