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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(130,317 posts)
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:09 PM 9 hrs ago

Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: 'No Hate, But Give Your Money Away'

It’s fair to say that Billie Eilish does well for herself. The 23-year-old musician is currently in the final three-week stretch of the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour, an extensive international run with 106 sold-out shows. Her third studio album has received a two-times platinum certification from RIAA with 2 million copies sold. She will also be donating $11.5 million from the tour to various organizations and charities.

Stephen Colbert revealed the news while presenting Eilish with the Wall Street Journal Magazine’s Music Innovator of the Year award in New York on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The proceeds will benefit organizations and projects that support food equity, climate justice, reducing carbon pollution, and conducting crucial environmental work in combating the climate crisis.

While accepting the award in a room of affluent figures — including Mark Zuckerberg, who has a net worth of more than $225 billion — Eilish wondered aloud about why people who have the resources to help others often fail to do so.

“We’re in a time right now when the world is really, really bad and really dark,” Eilish said. “People need empathy and help more than, kind of, ever, especially in our country. I’d say if you have money, it would be great to use it for good things and maybe give it to some people that need it.”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/billie-eilish-calls-billionaires-support-153020859.html

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Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: 'No Hate, But Give Your Money Away' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 9 hrs ago OP
Sounds like something Jesus would say biophile 8 hrs ago #1
She is spitting BigMin28 8 hrs ago #2
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Your comment sounds like most in the 'comments' section on yahoo alittlelark 8 hrs ago #4
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The very wealthy have a 'Platform' the rest of us do not alittlelark 8 hrs ago #7
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I'm confused why you would see it that way ?? alittlelark 7 hrs ago #9
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I see nothing phoney about it alittlelark 7 hrs ago #12
A bit more wealthy? BannonsLiver 7 hrs ago #13
$50m worth is pretty standard now I guess? YouguysRule1 7 hrs ago #15
Standard? I'm not sure about that. BannonsLiver 7 hrs ago #16
$50m is pleb YouguysRule1 7 hrs ago #17
Compared to billionaires, she certainly is. BannonsLiver 6 hrs ago #18
And she's YouguysRule1 6 hrs ago #19
Exactly. You've got it. BannonsLiver 6 hrs ago #20
I really do YouguysRule1 6 hrs ago #23
I have no idea. I'm not obtuse. BannonsLiver 6 hrs ago #24
She young and worth 50M, I think she can get by on 10M? berkerly6240 6 hrs ago #21
Sure, but what can Zuckerberg get by on? BannonsLiver 6 hrs ago #22
I think so YouguysRule1 6 hrs ago #25
I don't listen to her music so I have no idea what quality it is. BannonsLiver 6 hrs ago #26
I very much agree. BannonsLiver 7 hrs ago #14
Zuckerberg 225 billion. How disgusting and obscene. SammyWinstonJack 8 hrs ago #5
They need to pay their fair share in taxes. valleyrogue 7 hrs ago #11

BigMin28

(1,790 posts)
2. She is spitting
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:25 PM
8 hrs ago

Into the wind. We can't even get the rich to pay taxes or decent wages. They're not letting go of one red cent.

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alittlelark

(19,076 posts)
4. Your comment sounds like most in the 'comments' section on yahoo
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:51 PM
8 hrs ago

Very much the sentiment of the vast majority I saw in the yahoo ‘ comments’ section……

Response to alittlelark (Reply #4)

alittlelark

(19,076 posts)
7. The very wealthy have a 'Platform' the rest of us do not
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:13 PM
8 hrs ago

It’s the natue of end-stage capitalism.

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alittlelark

(19,076 posts)
12. I see nothing phoney about it
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:40 PM
7 hrs ago

She has true talent - many envy that…she has haters that love to post negative 💩

BannonsLiver

(19,868 posts)
13. A bit more wealthy?
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:47 PM
7 hrs ago

She’s worth $50 million tops. She’s closer to the average net worth of the average American than any billionaire is and it’s not close. Welcome, and enjoy your stay here.

BannonsLiver

(19,868 posts)
16. Standard? I'm not sure about that.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:59 PM
7 hrs ago

What I do know is that relative to Zuckerberg and other billionaires she’s a pleb.

BannonsLiver

(19,868 posts)
18. Compared to billionaires, she certainly is.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:21 PM
6 hrs ago

Zuckerberg is 4,500 times wealthier than Billy Eilish. For musk it would be closer to 10,000 times, if my math is correct.

YouguysRule1

(9 posts)
23. I really do
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:41 PM
6 hrs ago

Being incredibly rich is fine. Good to know, thanks. $50m is only average it seems as wealth. Apparently only target those richer than you are at only $50m wealth and you're good.

What's the limit on that? $100m? $500m? $10b? Where it's ok to target the richer as evil and you're just 'one of the regulars'

BannonsLiver

(19,868 posts)
22. Sure, but what can Zuckerberg get by on?
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:40 PM
6 hrs ago

Do you agree with the now banned poster that she just should just STFU?

YouguysRule1

(9 posts)
25. I think so
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:45 PM
6 hrs ago

The rich bashing the rich thing isn't a very persuasive. Yeah, one might have $50m and another $50b, but compared to the guy with $50k or nothing...

I don't understand why this girl would get any attention at all, her music sucks too.

BannonsLiver

(19,868 posts)
26. I don't listen to her music so I have no idea what quality it is.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:48 PM
6 hrs ago

“This girl” is interesting phrasing, though.

BannonsLiver

(19,868 posts)
14. I very much agree.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:52 PM
7 hrs ago

It’s like the dregs of the universe over there. And of course loads of bots.

valleyrogue

(2,415 posts)
11. They need to pay their fair share in taxes.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 09:30 PM
7 hrs ago

The rest of us should not be forced to pay for these parasites' lifestyles.

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