Political Memes

First of all I want to point out how dumb it is that my comment had no downvotes before this person came around and insinuated I'm a "Taylor Swift apologist". See, what we have here, folks, is the power of suggestion. All it takes to ruin someone's image is an accusation. That's why we have defamation laws. So, as revenge, I would like to let you know that FlashMobOfOne likes to steal chew toys from dogs and call them "little sons of bitches" then look their owners dead in the eye and say "What? That's technically true". Do I have to prove that? No. This is the internet. Take my word for it and downvote FlashMobOfOne. You should be ashamed of yourself for what you did to those puppies, pal.

Second of all, FlashMobOfOne, you brilliant master of deduction: in my comment I was referring to the fact that the person in that TikTok in the original post is using Taylor Swift to mean "all billionaires", when Swift is hardly the wealthiest or most defiant of them. There's no need to single one out, and if you do, it's funny if you pick one that isn't nearly as bad as the others, because it makes it look as if you have a personal problem with that one individual that is unrelated to their wealth. That'd be sort of like, say, hating the Spice Girls, "especially the black one". Now do you get how my comment there was sardonic or are you still busy hating, and here is where I provide options, pretty blonde women that either: a) wouldn't date you in high-school b) were more popular than you in high-school (because that is the sort of superficial teen-film level reactions that Swift tends to bring out in people)

Does everyone get it now? Has the humor been properly explained to everyone? Good. I'm going back to bed (literally) (just figured I'd point that out so no one reads into that too)

But just for the record, yes, I do listen to Swift and, no, I don't think that makes me worse than the large collection of people here that yell about "capitalists" while using Amazon, having a Netflix subscription or watching sports on Rumble or whatever other businesses owned by billionaires. And no, I don't like her wealth. I listen to her music, not to her shaking a bag of coins. I also don't idolize her on the internet, because I'm not a boot licker.

And here's another thing: Swift didn't make her money by force. She didn't monopolize the music industry and become the only artist who can provide vinyls, CDs and concert tickets. I don't care how you look at it, the fact of the matter is that people give Swift money willingly. It's literally on them. Nothing of what she sells is a basic necessity. So, again, the choice of Swift as a sort of "face of the billionaires" is such a laughably bad choice that it's funny. That's why the original post is funny and why my comment was too. And that's regardless of anyone's personal view on Swift.

Also, this: https://lemmy.world/comment/23769293

"Now, get outta here, you rascals, I mean it" - Bill Murray, SNL's Weekend Update, 1977

EDIT: Petty, dammit... that's the word I was looking for. The tiktok is funny cause it's petty... It's way less "fuck billionaires" and more "fuck taylor swift in particular"