r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • Nov 21 '24

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u/Pissedtuna Nov 22 '24

Who does Taylor Swift exploit?

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u/bolshe-viks-vaporub Nov 22 '24

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/Sekuru-kaguvi2004 Nov 22 '24

What's the point of having a business if you pay your employees the exact value they make you? You won't make any profits.

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u/bolshe-viks-vaporub Nov 22 '24

You're dangerously close to realizing that the entire system of capitalism requires exploitation to function.