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Celebrity and money are like a reality distortion field. I hope I never acquire either in large quantities - it does not seem like a desirable thing
Or it reveals actual reality: if you have lots of money, you probably don't have as many restrictions on what you can and can't do, so it may allow your "true self" to be actualized. Your true self may not be as noble as you think.
I read that his band mate - a Ms Lauren Hill - was also sent up state for tax evasion. Classy bunch.
Celebrity and money are like a reality distortion field. I hope I never acquire either in large quantities - it does not seem like a desirable thing
Presumably the guy is distinctively not rich, or he wouldn't have gotten involved in such risky business to make money. Most of the hit songs he's been involved with are based one or more older songs, so he may not make much from royalties.
I mean, can't be doing all _that_ badly.
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Secret money is the best, but hard and rare. Celebrity without money the worst and I fully agree with you that I'd prefer to have neither.
Celebrity can be used to create ripples in the ideation of the masses, however, but that's a hard row to hoe, and only a rare few have the wisdom or good intentions to know where to begin. As well, the forces that facilitate celebrity tend to promote those who fit this modern apotheosis of vapid desire. William Gibson, as usual, summed it up perfectly in Idoru: “[Slitscan's audience] is best visualized as a vicious,…
I read that his band mate - a Ms Lauren Hill - was also sent up state for tax evasion. Classy bunch.
Lauryn Hill is a fantastic talent. Like many other fantastic talents before and after her, at some point she lost humility and her mental state degraded.
All that said, being Black in America (and lots of other places) is a never-ending stress factory. We must change our racial societal structures and perspectives to end this centuries-long callous misery.
Celebrity and money are like a reality distortion field. I hope I never acquire either in large quantities - it does not seem like a desirable thing
> Celebrity and money are like a reality distortion field. Or it reveals actual reality: if you have lots of money, you probably don't have as many restrictions on what you can and can't do, so it may allow your "true self" to be actualized. Your true self may not be as noble as you think.
I'm a little confused about what he actually did. The article mostly speaks about making connections and introducing people to each other. But: > The concierge then hands him an envelope with orders to circle the block twice before receiving further instructions. What was in that envelope?
He took money from a foreigner to donate to political campaigns and tried to influence politicians at the behest of China, without registering as a foreign agent.
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Secret money is the best, but hard and rare. Celebrity without money the worst and I fully agree with you that I'd prefer to have neither.
Secret money is hard at a certain scale. Money is property rights and people have to believe your rights exist for them to actually exist. Elon Musk is not physically strong but simply the beneficiary of forces that have convinced the world’s mindless executors of one arbitrary thing in his favor, but could have just as easily convinced them of any arbitrary thing out of his favor. It’s better to have $5 million than…
Pro-tip - if you started reading this and are interested in what the guy did you should check out his wikipedia article.