• DamarcusArt
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    7 months ago

    Exactly. They find the very occassional artist or musician or writer (usually from within the ranks of the rich already) and showcase them off as a “success”

    The billion she has made is a tiny fraction of the billions she has generated for others. And all her concerts, albums, posters, everything, have all been made by exploited workers, some of them probably just as talented and hardworking as she is, but they don’t get to win the creative lottery and so toil away as a roady working 12 hours a day and making minimum wage despite having a decade of technical skills under their belt.