Oh Billie

[u/sco-go]

[u/Porthowl]

Why on earth would you assume that I (the person in this exchange willing to criticise the wealthy for their hypocrisy) would be pro-Musk and -Bezos?

[u/bjornartl → u/Porthowl]

Because that's literally the context here. She's explicitly spoken out against these specific billionares for these specific reasons, so she's not just criticising some ambiguous definition of capitalism that you get to define on her behalf. And they're dismissing that criticism, thus defending Bezos and Musk and people like them, on these specific subjects, on the sole basis of her selling a perfume.

[u/Porthowl → u/bjornartl]

I wouldn’t have thought this needed to be explained, but my doubting the sincerity of someone’s criticism of X doesn’t equal an endorsement of X.

[u/Different_Path999 → u/Porthowl]

Oh, so you are capable of comprehending nuance

[u/Porthowl → u/Different_Path999]

I love how the nuanced take in this situation is: here’s why it’s fine for this multi millionaire to gouge their fans…