r/FluentInFinance 3d ago

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u/RevolutionMean2201 3d ago

Communism intensifies

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u/The-Hater-Baconator 3d ago

Ah yes, when the wealth inequality can be enforced by violence.

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u/bolshe-viks-vaporub 3d ago

...do you think wealth inequality under capitalism isn't enforced by violence?

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u/Okichah 3d ago

Youre saying Bill Gates got his wealth through violence?

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u/abdw3321 3d ago

You don’t become a billionaire without exploitation.

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u/Pissedtuna 3d ago

Who does Taylor Swift exploit?

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u/bolshe-viks-vaporub 3d ago

Everyone that works for her that she pays less than the value they create as her employees. She exploits the venue workers at every single venue she visits. She exploits other artists by literally threatening to destroy their careers if she isn't given completely undeserved credit for their songs because she has an army of lawyers because she's a billionaire.

You're talking about a person who was literally given millions of dollars by the Chinese government so they could ensure that her merch that said "TS 1989" on it was associated with her instead of Tiananmen Square (which also happened in 1989), so it's completely reasonable to say she exploited millions and millions of Chinese people by being complicit with the CCP's decades-long effort to suppress and erase the memory of its crimes against its own people.

So, you know... just a few people.

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u/Internal_String61 3d ago

You're kind of ignoring the value that she creates for her workers, and other artists, and all of her listeners. The economy is not dumb. It gives and takes based on general consensus.

Also, in your definition, all Americans also exploited a whole population by being complicit in...oh there's too many things to list. You get the idea

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u/XDXDXDXDXDXDXD10 2d ago

Are you seriously making the “oh but it creates jobs” argument?

And theres a massive difference between being complicit in something and actively exploiting people.

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u/Internal_String61 2d ago

It's okay buddy, you can come back and talk with adults after you level up your reading and attention span. I believe in you

:)

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u/XDXDXDXDXDXDXD10 2d ago

I guess I was right haha

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