Yeah, like I already said in my comment, it’s a drop in the bucket for her. But she’s doing it over and over again. Twice this week she donated $100k. It adds up over time. Dolly Parton is worth $650 million, and she also donates significant sums of that to her book charity. They’re both trying reasonably hard to make the world suck less. Musk is actively creating more suffering. Can we not talk about them like they’re the same level of evil? What good does that bring?

[–] Sprokes@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Many rich people are "donating" to avoid paying taxes and it another way for marketing. You are the proof of that, you are defending and promoting her.

Billionaires like her are the reason we have poverty and charity associations

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You are 100% correct that many billionaires do that. As cogman mentioned above, having a “charity” that you run yourself as a billionaire is absolutely a common tax scam. That’s not what she’s doing though. She’s actually spending the money.

Also in terms of marketing, like, are you serious? Her music speaks for itself to her fans, they don’t care about any of this. My words here aren’t going to influence someone to go listen to her music or buy a concert ticket. To believe that they could is simply ludicrous.

[–] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not a literal tax scam, it's just free PR due to tax reasons. You donate and you pay less tax

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You donate and you pay less tax

As a US citizen, she is only allowed to claim donations to charities registered in the US. The $100k she just dropped in Melbourne, Australia wouldn’t be eligible for example. Therefore it’s not free PR, she actually paid about $100k for it.

[–] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

$100k is equivalent to 6 dollars for a normal person

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cool. I acknowledged that way further up thread. That doesn’t mean you aren’t wrong friend.

[–] ninpnin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A lot of billionaires do donate sums like these without direct personal gain. They also have more complex tax optimization/scams going on. None of that means they are virtuous people, and neither is taylor swift. She's just like any other billionaire.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

The misogyny in this thread reeks.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Have you ever read Andrew Carnegie's book The Gospel of Wealth? Even if Taylor hasn't, someone close to her has. Carnegie and Rockefeller needed bodyguards to feel safe in public. All billionaires should feel the same. We forgot to call them what they are. Robber Barons.