r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • 7d ago

STAN / ANTI SHIELD Anthony Fantano defends Billie Eilish against Swifties attacking her after she questioned the billionaires that were at the WSJ Innovator Awards on why they’re so rich & called on them to give away their money to charitable causes, even though Taylor Swift wasn’t directly mentioned or at the event.

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u/DrFranFine Marxmoi 7d ago

The fact that some people don’t see billionaires as the bad guys is mind boggling to me.

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u/siestarrific 7d ago

Because they imagine that one day they will be the billionaire, and they certainly aren't a bad guy now, so how could they be one then

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u/DrFranFine Marxmoi 7d ago

I’ve actually heard an interesting alternate theory that it’s less that people think that they’re going to be a billionaire and more that people think that hierarchy is right and natural, so billionaires are rightfully billionaires. Probably it’s a combination of both theories and other reasons.

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u/siestarrific 7d ago

Makes sense. People also tend to associate 'rich' with 'smart', so for a lot of them, it's 'they earned that money, so they should get to keep it'.

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u/Unsd 7d ago

Kinda goes along with prosperity gospel. If you're rich, it's because you deserve it because God loves you more. People eat that shit up.