ted (not lasso)
@ted
why do we (society) obsess over and often hate tech billionaires but don’t bat an eye at music billionaires (taylor swift, jay Z), sports billionaires (magic johnson, lebron), or entertainment billionaires (george lucas, tyler perry)?
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
we didn't used to hate tech billionaires iirc that's like a past 10 years phenomenon
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Roberto Bayardo 🎩
@bayardo.eth
Bill Gates was a pretty despised character as far back as the 90s.
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Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
but that was mostly within tech right? the meme of the tech wunderkind seems mimetically powerful up through the birth of like instagram (if my tea leaves reading is right)
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