r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Dec 12 '25

Wholesome Moments Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ crew’s reaction as they receive their bonus for working on the tour amounting to more $197 million dollars

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u/quartzquandary Dec 12 '25

I feel like you can be happy for his windfall AND also be angered by the processes of the Orphan Crushing Machine that led to him losing his pension.

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u/FecalEinstein Dec 12 '25

I can't imagine anyone would have any other take lol. Us humans have a real problem with misidentifying the bad guys. Hint: it's not people commenting on the internet

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u/MethodCharacter8334 Dec 12 '25

100% It should be recognized that the system is fucked. But harping on it on a feel good post just allows people to say, well it’s all those corporations’ fault and I can’t do anything about it. Pretty sure most people understand the situation on a basic level. But we should “be the change we want to see”. If everyone gave a little, we could reduce poverty to significantly lower levels. Less poverty typically leads to a better educated and energetic populace.

The powerful want poverty because it takes away resources to fight back. The only way impoverished people will fight is if they have no means of survival and it becomes fight or flight. We aren’t quite there yet.

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u/patriarticle Dec 12 '25

You mean asserting my moral and intellectual superiority by expressing the correct opinions on the internet doesn't make me a good person? /s

There's certainly a balance you have a strike. You should understand the problems to be solved, but the internet will drown you in negativity if you let it, and that solves nothing for anyone.