Forbes glorifying Kylie Jenner

[Sommerswerd]

She's just taking an opportunity afforded her by the morons who follow her on social media. She's not the problem, the morons are.

She should run for President. Seriously. Even the Supreme Leader only has 53M twitter followers. Meh I guess she's too young since not 35... but still

So, has anyone mentioned the GoFundMe campaign to make Kylie a billionaire? Our society is deeply diseased.

I think decadent is the word you're looking for. We can afford to have our priorities here because we have all the McDonalds we can eat.

Eh, if we've got her selling makeup in a not flat-out evil manner, I think that's a near optimal case, no? I'm not sure we could, nor would we even want to, solve the issue of people paying way the fip too much attention to famous hot girls.

That's always been an issue no? So get out those burqas, amirite? Folks are just powerless against the evil feminine wiles and go all herpy derpy as a result, right? So throw a giant carpet over that squeeze and keep it moving... Out of sight, out of mind... global herp-derp solved! Who knew fundamentalist Islam had it figured out all along?!

 

[onejayhawk]

Darn that Constitution. She has to wait 15 years to be old enough to run for President.

Define 'wealthy upbringing', or 'sizable inheritance'.

Article 6 years old, but may put some guidelines in perspective. 'Forbes 400' (richest 400 Americans)
https://www.cnbc.com/id/49167533

So 39.5% started with $1 million or more to become a billionaire.

There you go. Billionaires do not inherit the money. A $Million is 1/10th of 1% of a $Billion, yet more than 60% did not start with that much.

BTW Gates and Zuckerberg both came from comfortable middle-class families, not wealth.

J

 

[Hygro]

She should run for President. Seriously. Even the Supreme Leader only has 53M twitter followers. Meh I guess she's too young since not 35... but stillI think decadent is the word you're looking for. We can afford to have our priorities here because we have all the McDonalds we can eat.That's always been an issue no? So get out those burqas, amirite? Folks are just powerless against the evil feminine wiles and go all herpy derpy as a result, right? So throw a giant carpet over that squeeze and keep it moving... Out of sight, out of mind... global herp-derp solved! Who knew fundamentalist Islam had it figured out all along?!

I'm not sure we could, nor would we even want to, solve the issue of people paying way the fip too much attention to famous hot girls.

I'm not sure we could, nor would we even want to, solve the issue

nor would we even want to

/slomo

 

[luiz]

She should run for President. Seriously. Even the Supreme Leader only has 53M twitter followers. Meh I guess she's too young since not 35... but still

Kylie Jenner 2032!!!

You know it's coming.

 

[CKS]

Define 'wealthy upbringing', or 'sizable inheritance'.

Article 6 years old, but may put some guidelines in perspective. 'Forbes 400' (richest 400 Americans)



https://www.cnbc.com/id/49167533

So 39.5% started with $1 million or more to become a billionaire.

Interesting that 0% started out poor.

And from where I stand, the group classified as comfortable but not rich is actually rich. My parents were actually "comfortable but not rich", and they inherited $4,300 from their parents. People who inherit $999,000 or even $250,000 don't fit in this category from my perspective.

 

[rah]

That article doesn't seem to mention money that was funneled to the children prior to inheritance to avoid taxes.

 

[Farm Boy]

I'm going to amend a bit, the proper balance of sexualization in society notwithstanding.

Near optimal activity sure, probably suboptimal distribution of social power and resources in return for said activity.

 

[Hygro]

I'm going to amend a bit, the proper balance of sexualization in society notwithstanding.

Near optimal activity sure, probably suboptimal distribution of social power and resources in return for said activity.

Something something is with should.

 

[Bamspeedy]

Interesting that 0% started out poor.

And from where I stand, the group classified as comfortable but not rich is actually rich. My parents were actually "comfortable but not rich", and they inherited $4,300 from their parents. People who inherit $999,000 or even $250,000 don't fit in this category from my perspective.

Or the poor was just lumped in with the lower middle class. But it would not shock me if there was none. Harder to turn $1 into a billion than to turn 10,000-100,000 into a billion. The really poor need to worry about joining the millionaire club first and then hope their kids can turn it into a billion.

If you have $2 you are 'rich' compared to someone with a $1. Everyone's definition of poor, rich, and middle class is going to vary, those terms are so vague, we need some set guidelines so people aren't just stretching them to fit their own narrative. Nice to know if I die before I retire, the value of my house + retirement savings my kids will inherit makes them 'rich' according to your definition, and that is from working at Wal-Mart.

Some are comfortable being middle class and some aren't. I'm starting to feel comfortable, but I certainly can't throw wads of cash around at whatever get-rich scheme my kids will come up with.

 

[Sommerswerd]

If you have $2 you are 'rich' compared to someone with a $1.

No. If you only have $2 you're not rich compared to anyone. You just have twice as much as the person with $1. Simply having twice as much as someone with almost nothing doesn't make you rich, comparatively or otherwise.

 

[Farm Boy]

Something something is with should.

Principles have costs, yep. She'd still likely be powerful if she took a different tac, so it's not like the course itself is really an issue.

 

[Bamspeedy]

No. If you only have $2 you're not rich compared to anyone. You just have twice as much as the person with $1. Simply having twice as much as someone with almost nothing doesn't make you rich, comparatively or otherwise.

I know, I was being sarcastic and joking. On my phone using a is a pain in the butt.

That article doesn't seem to mention money that was funneled to the children prior to inheritance to avoid taxes.

I took 'inheritance' to mean any money handed down to the kids from the parents. I'm sure the researchers didn't exactly have the tax returns of the parents for these billionaires from 50, 60 years ago or whenever the billionaire's first starting their business/investments. It's not an exact science, but you can figure out that with middle-class parents, you're not going to have a mutli-million dollar trust fund for your kid.

 

[Hygro]

Principles have costs, yep. She'd still likely be powerful if she took a different tac, so it's not like the course itself is really an issue.

I agree and I agree it’s probably good we prefer to fill our gazes with better lookers overall.

Nice of her to use her power and ambition mildly.

 

[Farm Boy]

I mean, I'm assuming she does. This is the most I've heard of her, she seems to be 20 this year. Recently married, young mom, so busy as hell but how would I know? Anything I'm missing that I should know? My interest is drowned under a sea of puff pieces.

 

[Hygro]

TBH I'm surmising I don't know either.

 

[Farm Boy]

I'll file her as a 2018-media hot young milf version of Michelle Pfeiffer or something, then.

 

[Modder_Mode]

Singling out Kylie Jenner as not self-made smacks to me of straight-up misogyny. The truth is of course that all billionaires become billionaires through voracious robbery of the working class.

More precisely, most billionaires become billionaires through inheritance...from ancestors who robbed the working class.

They robbed poor people? Of what?

 

[Lexicus]

They robbed poor people? Of what?

V o l u n t a r y t r a n s a c t i o n s

 

[Narz]

Saying billionaires "rob people" is as silly as thinking they're 100% "self made". Amazon doesn't rob me, they send me stuff. Are they corrupt and evil, maybe, but they still provide a service.

 

[Traitorfish]

Saying billionaires "rob people" is as silly as thinking they're 100% "self made". Amazon doesn't rob me, they send me stuff.

You don't think perhaps they're talking about Amazon's employees, or other companies in their supply and distribution chains? Or the public, to the extent that Amazon's tax evasion represents a massive public subsidy? Not everything is about the individuated consumer. Pure ideology! *sniffs, tugs shirt*