I see this opinion often enough, so I have to ask. How much money do you think Swift’s parents put into her career? How big do you think a parental college fund should be to give their kids a solid leg up? How does that initial financial backing discredit her as she continues writing a massive catalog of successful songs?
The line of reasoning that I have is this: there are many artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, etc out there, but few of them have the financial security and connections via their wealthy family to chase those careers that someone like Taylor Swift had growing up. Financial security in this case being a family there for you that can fully support you if your life goes sideways.
The issue that I see when we put people like Taylor Swift on the success pedestal, and they don’t acknowledge the privilege and luck that it took to get there, it feels disingenuous.
So I have no issues with parents setting their kids up for success. The problem is that almost every wealthy person that was “born on third base” acts like they came from middle class or lower. Good example is that video where the David Beckham meme came from. His wife comes from generations of royalty, and during an interview she said she came from a middle class family who had to drive her to school because the bus wouldn’t come to her house.
The bus couldn’t come because she lived in a fucking castle and her dad drove her to school a Bentley.
I see this opinion often enough, so I have to ask. How much money do you think Swift’s parents put into her career? How big do you think a parental college fund should be to give their kids a solid leg up? How does that initial financial backing discredit her as she continues writing a massive catalog of successful songs?
The line of reasoning that I have is this: there are many artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, etc out there, but few of them have the financial security and connections via their wealthy family to chase those careers that someone like Taylor Swift had growing up. Financial security in this case being a family there for you that can fully support you if your life goes sideways.
The issue that I see when we put people like Taylor Swift on the success pedestal, and they don’t acknowledge the privilege and luck that it took to get there, it feels disingenuous.
So I have no issues with parents setting their kids up for success. The problem is that almost every wealthy person that was “born on third base” acts like they came from middle class or lower. Good example is that video where the David Beckham meme came from. His wife comes from generations of royalty, and during an interview she said she came from a middle class family who had to drive her to school because the bus wouldn’t come to her house.
The bus couldn’t come because she lived in a fucking castle and her dad drove her to school a Bentley.