Materialist analysis of celebrities engaging in activism?
Recently, we’ve seen notable celebrities like Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo speak out against Trump and ICE. Their social media profiles are full of anti-ICE sentiment. Billie has also spoken out against billionaires despite being rich herself. So what’s going on here? Is there any chance that celebrities like Billie and Olivia can hold radical leftist political views? A lot of celebrities and musicians were involved in the 60s New Left, by comparison. Are we seeing a rebirth of this?
When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite.
>Russell Brand
Make a leftychud rich and he too will compalin about inequalityu.
Billie Eilish killed Rosa Luxemburg.
Most radlib activism is at it's core just low risk personal brand building, for lost causes. Celebrities fit right in.
Well the analysis would be, they dont make money by exploiting others, so they have no direct incentive to brutalise proles, unlike bourgeoise proper.
Billie Eilish is “principled” in that she’s a principled Democrat. She wants to tax the rich — so what? Liz Warren also wants to tax the rich. She donated a huge sum of money to climate NGOs — again, so what? Why isn’t she on the ground in Minneapolis participating in the revolt? Remember, Joan Baez got arrested for protesting during the Civil Rights Movement. Tom Morello participated in Occupy. Where is she except sitting in her Hollywood mansion while our comrades are being brutalized?
She will be shilling for Democrats in a few months when the midterm elections start heating up, doing exactly what she did in 2020 when she performed at the DNC during the George Floyd uprising, despite the Dems routinely voting to fund ICE.
>>2672507Pop stars make most of their money from IP law, merchandise sales, and brand endorsement deals. Billie has worked with Gucci and Nike before.
Pop stars are part of the PMC and hold to the same politics as other PMC.
This is described as Bourgeois Docialism in the Communist Manifesto.
>>2672506What is unc wearing like whats with the glasses 💀💀💀
>>2672506i love giancarlo but he phrased that horribly lol. still based af
>>2672560Give us the TL;DR on bourgeois socialism.
>>2672514Wonder if the DSA or PSL can scoop up any of the celebrities and get their money and turn it into actually institutions of power. I mean if a drunk sci-fi author can like half of Hollywood into dedicated followers of zenu, I’m sure some party can get some high rolling Patreons to bank roll some co-ops, campaign offices, idk compounds?
>>2672701If Billie was a genuine leftist, she would be promoting the leftist groups doing work on the ground and would be sharing tips on how to avoid tear gas and do de-arrests. All she’s posted in the past 2 hours on her IG stories are how much she hates Trump and ICE. Zero word about comrades who are resisting.
Moarlism isn't revolutionary, libtars.
Big titty Billie is based
Billie Eilish wasn’t even the first one to speak out against ICE. Snow Tha Product (Mexican rapper) was and she wasn’t given any praise for it.
>>2672617Wdym he looks great bro
>>2672514Tom Morello and Springsteen are also in Minneapolis right now. What's stopping Billie from heading there?
>>2672507In the case of pop stars, the labels they're signed to are the ones doing all the exploiting. Artists are always figureheads for the labels.
>>2672844does she have big tits?
https://www.marxists.org/archive/jiang-qing/>Jiang Qing (March 19, 1914 - May 14, 1991) was a Chinese actress (under the stage name Lan Ping) and a major political figure during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. She was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China, whom she married in November 1938 and served as the inaugural "first lady" of the People's Republic of China.>Jiang Qing was best known for playing a major role in the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) and for forming the radical political alliance known as the "Gang of Four".>Jiang Qing served as Mao's personal secretary in the 1940s and was head of the Film Section of the Communist Party's Propaganda Department in the 1950s. In 1966 she was appointed deputy director of the Central Cultural Revolution Group, and became closely associated with Mao's cult of personality, serving as an important emissary for Mao in the early stages of the Cultural Revolution. At the height of the Cultural Revolution, Jiang Qing held significant influence in the affairs of state, particularly in the realm of culture and the arts. In 1969, Jiang gained a seat on the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.>Before Mao's death, the Gang of Four maintained control of many of China's political institutions, including the media and propaganda. However, Jiang Qing, deriving most of her political legitimacy from Mao, often found herself at odds with other top leaders. Mao's death in 1976 dealt a significant blow to Jiang Qing's political fortunes. She was arrested in October 1976 by Hua Guofeng and his allies, and was subsequently condemned by party authorities. Since then, Jiang Qing has been officially branded as having been part of the "Lin Biao and Jiang Qing Counter-Revolutionary Clique" (林彪江青反革命集团).>Though initially sentenced to death, her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1983. After being released for medical treatment. Jiang Qing committed suicide in May 1991. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four Petboojes know they're not going to stay petbooj forever so they join proles ahead of schedule.
It's futureproofing.
>>2673152I assumed the petite-bourgeoisie was reactionary though?
>>2673165They have the tendency to, but reactionism is maladaptive sometimes. The smart ones know being reactionary about it is just stalling, and not enough stalling to be worth it.
>>2672501That's it, I'm putting this saying on a T-shirt.
I will believe Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo are radical when they skip the Grammys on Sunday to join the anti-ICE protests.
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