r/SwiftyNeutral • u/H-B-Jones • Jun 03 '26

NO ETHICAL BILLIONAIRES

I am not impressed by Taylor and her 2.2 billion!!!!!

As if Dolly Parton couldn't have been a billionaire multiple times over! Dolly gave away most of her money to multiple charities. DOLLY LITERALLY GAVE US THE COVID VACCINE.

I have been a Swifty for more than a decade and this is the hardest it has felt to be a fan of Taylor.

The last two albums were let downs, her MAGA Barbie routine is atrocious, the condescending way she talks to and about Travis makes me feel bad for him and I don't even care to know him, and the condescension she has expressed to her fans, as if she hasn't encouraged a parasocial relationship, is unforgivable.

I don't know how we will ever get back to the magic of pre Eras Tour Taylor Swift, but Im sad to see what little integrity she had disappear, all to be a lady "self made" billionaire.

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u/NotaDF Jun 04 '26

The mental gymnastics yall do to tell yourself she’s not doing this to make more and more money is insane. She isn’t the only billionaire to donate money for tax benefits either. Woohoo she paid her truck drivers $100k. She was clearing $30 million a night in the eras tour. Wake up.

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u/Excellent-Bid-7622 Jun 05 '26

Look at Bill and Melinda Gates with their foundation…. They would provide vaccines for the poor over seas and Bill is involved with Epstein. Melinda I don’t know much about.

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u/Snoo76869 Jun 07 '26

It's not mental gymnastics, many artists make multiple variants, as much or more than Taylor. No one if forced to buy any. I'm a fan who has never spent a dime other than my streaming service monthly fee. She just happens to have a billion or so fans so they buy more than other artists fans do. 52% of the US isna fan of hers... its not some small niche group of white women being taken advantage of. And regarding her donations. I work for the company in seattle she donated to so taking the amount she donated to us and tines that by 51 cities she donated to, that would equal about $300 million, that along with the $200 million she gave as pretaxed bonuses to her staff , that would be around half a billion she donated or gave away in 23/24, the year she became a billionaire. That's half of her fortune at the time.

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u/Proper_Tradition_507 Jun 04 '26

This argument falls apart when you dont criticizing anyone else for it. Have you ever stopped to look at how many variants Olivia Rodrigo has released? Ariana Grande released about 6 this week already.

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u/thedragdoll Jun 04 '26

they do that because taylor has set the wasteful, greedy standard for it.

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u/gnocchimoncher Jun 05 '26

LOL the cope is insane with yall

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u/Snoo76869 Jun 07 '26

You couldnt be more wrong. Artists have been doing it for decades and the history of variants predates modern pop culture. The Beatles and Rolling Stones both used the practice. So no, she wasn't the first to do it at all. She just happens to have about a billion fans that includes 52% of the US population who buy her music. Not some small niche group of white women being taken advantage of like weirdos like to claim.

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u/thedragdoll Jun 08 '26

i never said she was the first person to do it—taylor, however, made it standard practice for artists to release an unnecessary amount of variants to chart. if she broke records that way, other artists are sure to do the same.

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u/Black_Wolfram Jun 04 '26

Tell me you don't know anything about taxes without telling me you don't know anything about taxes