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It's me. Hi. (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/taylorswift@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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[–] 29 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

She didn't mistreat thousands of warehouse employees or spy on and manipulate three generations with social media to do it.

Maybe, but most music industry jobs are kinda shit same as any other job. The people that help set up the stage, the people working on her makeup, costumes, the people working in the labels, cleanup crews after concerts, people doing marketing/promotion etc. they all contribute to her success. Sure it's overall probably a bit less exploitative than Amazon warehouses but exploitation still happens.

You don't make a billion dollars on your own.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'd be curious to hear an actual Marxist analysis of Swift's relationship to the means of production because it's clearly different than the owner of a company.

    For one, Swift is actually a major contributor the production and is actually necessary unlike CEOs. She also doesn't have control of the stadiums that she performs at, so it's harder to say that she's profiting off of their surplus labor.

    While it's true that she obviously couldn't do this stuff alone, I'd like to see an analysis sketched out for celebrities or prominent athletes in general.

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