Donald Trump is trying to brush off the fact that he shared A.I.-generated images of Taylor Swift endorsing his campaign to his Truth Social account earlier this week, now claiming that he doesn’t know “anything about them.”

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    2 months ago

    She made a billion by selling tickets to huge venues all over the world where she performed.

    She actually did work to get rich, unlike Bezos, who steals his wealth from his workers.

    I guarantee she exploits people like any other capitalist, but there are different types of billionaires.

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      2 months ago

      Rowling used to seem like a “good billionaire” too. Then she went all TERF-y.

      Swift may seem cool for now, but let’s not put away the guillotines just yet.

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        2 months ago

        Not if you read her work, she didn’t. It was filled with racist tropes.

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        2 months ago

        I’m fine with that. The guillotine can always stay our regardless of who it is and.how much we currently like them.

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        2 months ago

        Okay? Everyone seems fine until they don’t seem fine. That’s not unique to billionaires or particularly insightful.

        No one’s canonizing anyone here. Saying there’s a difference between “one of the most popular musicians ever” having a lot of money and “exploitative businessman notable for particularly exploitative working situations” who has two orders of magnitude more isn’t some preening hero worship.