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[–] Juice@midwest.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sending that much money to a two year old doesn't make sense. They literally have no concept of money or social responsibility. Why send money when the kid clearly needs a Dr.

/s

Charity from billionaires always looks so fake. Just send it anonymously. Otherwise its just a publicity stunt.

If her entire fortune was $100000 she would have given $6.25. A handful of pocket change and a fiver. Yet I don't get articles by the independent written about me when I give an unhoused veteran a $20

I'm glad that someone in her position did less than the absolute bare minimum to help that child's family. What a moving gesture.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I agree with you except if I was a super fan of the rich person sending money.

If Sigourney Weaver or Gillian Anderson want to pay for my CPAP machine, I’d like to know if they’ll also autograph it.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sigourney and Gillian aren't billionaire capitalists, they're wealthy because they're talented actresses. Their talent makes the owners of production companies lots of money, and they're paid a fraction of it. But they still have to find someone to buy their labor. They had to audition to get jobs before they were big stars.

TS's dad bought a record label and signed her to it.

Class analysis can be tricky, especially the entertainment industry, but it isnt always about being rich or not. The surest way to tell is "what is the relationship to production?" Tay is a billionaire because she helped ticketmaster and Live Nation create a monopoly, she's a parasite. Without Gillian and Sigourney, the movies and shows they worked in wouldn't be as good.

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah the article said she did it quietly. If that were true we wouldn't know about it. You're right: publicity stunt