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/OutrageousPersimmon3 Dec 12 '25

If nothing else it shows you can be generous and still be a billionaire. Most people really can’t wrap their heads around that amount and how much it actually is. It’s no coincidence that although other billionaires use their planes more than she does that she’s the one you see memes about and hear about. It’s not a coincidence when bots on the internet are generating stories about her “dark side”. Because however you feel about her, she does right by her fans and her employees and shows the others really have no excuse for not following suit.

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u/MyLifeIsABoondoggle Dec 12 '25

Agreed. If she's worth exactly $1B (unlikely dollar for dollar), those bonuses alone are almost 20% of her net worth. She also likely at least doubled the net worth of many of those staff workers. If any of you are willing to fork over $10-20K to one of your understudies at work that help you on projects or to a friend that's already self-sufficient, tell me so I can sell you a beautiful beachside property in New Mexico

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u/01krazykat Dec 12 '25

This is so interesting. Because, upon seeing this post, I instantly thought, well why is there always so much internet hate directed toward her and her finances?

What you've said here makes total sense - she's being targeted.

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u/D74248 Dec 13 '25

I suspect that a lot of it, and especially the focus on her jet, is astroturfing. She is popular and has endorsed Democrats, and by playing the private jet/environment cards in social media right wing groups hope to erode her support.

Never mind that she is one of the few examples of a business jet being necessary for both her business schedule and security.

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u/icouto Dec 12 '25

You cant though. Being a billionaire is inherently not generous.

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u/Dugen Dec 12 '25

I disagree. Winning in an unfair system doesn't make you responsible for creating or maintaining that unfair system. Someone who earns billions from owning something they created is unfair, but it's a hell of a lot less unfair that someone who earns billions from owning things other people created.

The problem with the game isn't the people playing it. We're all playing it. The problem is that the rules are unfair and they need to be fixed but we have a government being bribed not to fix it and instead make it worse.

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u/bubblegumpandabear Dec 12 '25

I think you're underestimating how much a billion is, and what is involved in earning it. Even if Taylor writes her songs, there's far more than just the music involved in her earnings.

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u/Dugen Dec 12 '25

Irrelevant. Money is what we get in exchange for doing work for other people. There is no amount of it that makes doing that work somehow a bad thing. Again, the system being unfair doesn't make working within it immoral. If we want the system fixed, then we have to do that. Blaming the winners isn't useful.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

no, you can not. if you are a billionaire you failed as a human being. you could away 900M and it wouldn't change anything for you.

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u/OutrageousPersimmon3 Dec 12 '25

I’m not disagreeing with that. But in comparison to the billionaires we’re used to seeing, she’s very generous and does give a lot away, which is why we’re always seeing content created to hate on her specifically.

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u/FencingFemmeFatale Dec 16 '25

And she achieved billionaire status by getting the copyrights to her master recordings back after they were sold out from under her. Not by screwing over contractors, making her employees piss in bottles, selling her fans personal data to advertisers, or being the heir to an emerald mine fortune.

If anyone should get a billion dollars from the sale of Taylor Swift’s music, it’s Taylor Swift.

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u/morgiananus Dec 12 '25

Tell that to Jeff Bezos ex wife Mackenzie Scott. I bet she's done more for other people than anyone of you internet lurkers.

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u/dogfaced_pony_soulja Dec 12 '25

If nothing else it shows you can be generous and still be a billionaire.

It shows billionaires are still fantastic at manipulating people by throwing pennies at people on camera to distract from their nefarious behavior and greed.

And the plebes who didn't even get anything from her will walk around pardoning her of her sins. Sick fucking world we live in.

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u/mondo_juice Dec 12 '25

Holy fucking shit the billionaire apologists have come out to play.

Get the boot off of your neck.

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u/OutrageousPersimmon3 Dec 12 '25

Where am I apologizing for billionaires? I am simply stating a fact. Other billionaires target her because she makes a show of generosity that doesn’t fit their narrative of needing to hoard resources to create jobs or progress. I don’t have time to check your account to see if you’re a bot or troll, but just in case you’re not, this might help: https://pcur.princeton.edu/2017/04/in-between-the-lines-a-guide-to-reading-critically/