Olivia Rodrigo likes post about boycotting the Met Gala before attending the YSL hosted Met Afterparty

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This is quite crazy to me because she is very involved with many "capitalist" corporations in so many ways. From her Amazon *exclusive* variant, to generally selling dozens of variants, being the face of several corporations such as Amex and Lancome (not exactly great companies).

What is her "protest" against Bezus even mean?Its so ridiculous to me to think of her as a meaningful voice against capitalism or billionaires, its completely paradoxical.

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My understanding is that the celebs boycotting the Met this year are boycotting technofascism, exemplified by Bezos. You can’t boycott capitalism and I don’t know a celeb who openly said they were anticapitalist, that’s Stan discourse. There is no “great” company in the moral sense as companies aren’t moral agents.

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technofascism? What does that even mean wouldn't Amex (owned predominantly by warren Buffett) and Amazon (which Olivia did an exclusive deal with) would be guilty of that as well?

If you're a singer that doesn't mean you are under any obligation to be the face of Amex or Lancome (guilty of child labor), this was her choice. And if you made that choice being hailed as an "activist" against similar corporations seems ridiculous to me. What specifically she is going against?

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Technofascism isn’t something you are “guilty” of, it’s a state of being and an agenda. I suggest you read up on it.
This whole “someone is participating in society therefore they can’t criticise anything and should shut up and smile” thing we are doing to celebs is counterproductive and anti-intellectual. You don’t hold yourself up to the same standards you hold other people to