Justin Bieber under fire for covid-19 statement

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He literally could say the ocean is blue and people would still come for him. 
 

I by no means like Justin btw but girl what he said isn’t wrong either. 

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here's what's wrong. he is dumb. he is not even saying anything that matters. he is just acknowledging the f* obvious cause he is a douchebag and low-key bragging about his money.

what he says basically equals zero.

f* him

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16 minutes ago, Wolf Boy said:

I mean, he acknowledges that other people have it worse than him and is grateful for being in a privileged position, and? 

and then dummies talk about it. everywhere including here.

you're welcome.

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2 hours ago, gumzy3000 said:

Hard work does not equal stability or money or anything to be honest.

There are many people who work very hard but will never be as rich as the top 1%. I think this is why people are upset at his comments because it does come of as ignorant in a way. 

that was kind of you to put it like that.

he sounds like the ignorant dirtbag that he is.

[stevana229 1,884]

All of these millionaire celebrities should be DONATING money to the middle class Americans. like seriously? they're literally ALL sitting in their mansions eating whatever their chef makes that day... meanwhile, people in this country cant even feed their kids. horrible. even if celebs donated 1000 to some random middle class families who lost their jobs, it would make a world of a difference

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I bet some people are happy they are rich rather than poor and alone

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The best drag was calling him the “baby singer”. He’s never going to live down that stupid song. I hope it makes him cringe for the rest of his life.

sorry but I’m bitter and so sick of these celebrities. Now that I’m getting older I’m realizing how unimportant Hollywood is and how stupid I was for caring about any of these people. It was such a waste of time. It’s so alluring and mindlessly entertaining. But it’s also mind numbing. It’s like a drug. 

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3 hours ago, ThisBitch said:

The thing is that he worked hard and earned millions, well other people work even harder in more vital jobs and they don't earn millions, I think that's what this is about.

you can argue that’s a personal choice. and i would hope those in vital jobs are not doing them because they want fame, but are doing them because the gratitude of those jobs are greater than any monetary reward. 

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44 minutes ago, ChromeAngel said:

The best drag was calling him the “baby singer”. He’s never going to live down that stupid song. I hope it makes him cringe for the rest of his life.

sorry but I’m bitter and so sick of these celebrities. Now that I’m getting older I’m realizing how unimportant Hollywood is and how stupid I was for caring about any of these people. It was such a waste of time. It’s so alluring and mindlessly entertaining. But it’s also mind numbing. It’s like a drug. 

common sense and well put, LISTEN EVERYONE!!

plus, it’s ruining both lives of the audience and theirs as well.

look at Justin Bieber for example. he is clear evidence. he wasn’t supposed to be/act so dumb especially cause like he  said, he has all this money. it’s embarrassing but that’s not even a thing anymore for so many people, I’m afraid.

he is just desperate for that attention I guess

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The frustration is that people can and do work just as hard, if not harder than the three of them and will not get anywhere close to their level of success. Both Kendall and Hayley where born into an obscene amount of wealth.

There's such a disassociation from both the hyper wealthy and the middle/lower class that it's interesting to me. This cultural narrative around capitalism is so strong that we struggle to face even basic facts:

1. We do not live in a meritocracy. Wealth is not distributed based on merit and hard work.

2. There are some hardworking people, without the privileges and access to opportunity these three have, that have lost jobs and are anxious over how they will afford rent, food and other essentials.

3. These hardworking people might get justifiably offended at three mega-rich celebrities stroking their egos by talking about how they "think" about how blessed they are and "acknowledge" those in crippling financial situations while justifying their own obscene wealth and spending on hard work and merit.

[Bradley 59,243]

I think it's the way he said it.

The general message of what he said sounds fine but certain words seemed insensitive:

"crappy situation" "they look at us" "We've worked hard for where we're at"

There are some rather direct references to their elevated situation here whereas Gaga made it more subtle and empathetic, so Gaga's like "I understand that we're in different boats but we love you and we would love to help in anyway we can." whereas Justin's like "I do feel bad for them but look at how different we are. Us vs Them."

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They just sound out of touch. 

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Coming from a family of lawyers, scientists, law enforcement, and landscapers, maybe Justin and I have a very different definition of "hard work".

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5 hours ago, D0P3 said:

here's what's wrong. he is dumb. he is not even saying anything that matters. he is just acknowledging the f* obvious cause he is a douchebag and low-key bragging about his money.

what he says basically equals zero.

This, precisely. The whole statement is vacuous, it's basically the equivalent of "Well, I mean... that sucks, I guess."

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Expropiate ha