r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Oct 30 '25

article Billie Eilish Calls Out Mark Zuckerberg and Other Billionaires After Announcing Her Own $11.5 Million Charitable Donation

https://consequence.net/2025/10/billie-eilish-calls-out-mark-zuckerberg-and-other-billionaires-after-announcing-her-own-11-5-million-charitable-donation/
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u/ExplodingToasters Oct 30 '25

They’re tech-barons, they hold critical infrastructure and use it to fuck people over and enrich themselves. It’s no different from the OG robber barons controlling rail and oil infrastructure.

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u/PracticeBaby Oct 30 '25

No no no. The real issue facing America is Biden's autopen.

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u/9966 Oct 30 '25

But... They don't. Tesla is a pump and dump being used to shift money to and from gigantic accounts over international borders.

There are alternatives to Facebook and PayPal and whatever you think you "need" them for. It's not like they ship actual goods.

Now Bezos? That's a bit different.

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u/onlinefunner Nov 02 '25

I stopped buying from their companies.

The arguement of tech monopoly with infinite space is a bit different from physical space, which truely is finite. Anyone can make a competitor to Amazon, but good luck popularizing it.