Posted on 17 December 2011. Tags: apartment, conspiracy theory, elite group, forbes celebrity list, fraction, Gaga, google search, google trends, international fame, Label, mtv ema, musicians, right place at the right time, rise to fame, undiscovered gems
In the year 2008, a myriad of musicians released their works, but only a tiny fraction of them got to enjoy international fame, among whom was Lady Gaga. She went from living in the cheapest apartment she could find and (I quote) “eating shіt” to being called one of the most influential people in the world by Times Magazine, taking first place in Forbes’ celebrity list, and let us not forget MTV EMA 2011.
What happened? Lady Gaga’s rise to fame was brought by the commercial success of her releases, but what caused them to be successful? Is it defined by competition on the free market, or could it be all decided ahead by some elite group? Do “the few and the secret” pull the strings of “the many and the known”? Sounds almost like a conspiracy theory. Sure, maybe getting a bargain with a major record label is half the job, but it wouldn’t be fair at all to say that her success is entirely owed to the label she signed up with.
You can argue that she is famous solely due to the merit of what she has to offer as an artist, saying that it’s infinitely greater than what any commoner has, but that doesn’t sound objective to me. there are plenty of undiscovered gems out there. You can also argue that it’s still just about being in the right place at the right time, but which place and which time were right? What set her apart from all the other musicians and performers who too were lucky enough to wind up in the right place at the right time with her?
Perhaps, the most interesting point is the very beginning. From what I see on Google Trends, her rise to fame hadn’t been as abrupt as I thought. She started being noticed in 2008, but it wasn’t until 2009 that the Google Search Volume index for “Lady Gaga” reached 0.5 (and went on to exceeded 4.00 that same year).
The mechanisms of show business are all so fascinating to me. Anyway, have you seen the dіldo boots Gaga wore on American Idol? That was phenomenal! xD I’m so buying myself a pair of those when I finally get rich.
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Posted on 18 March 2011. Tags: conspiracy, conspiracy theory, history of slavery, immigrants, indentured servant, indentured servants, prisoners, scapegoat, servant, servitude, Slaves, theory, trickery
“involvuntary indentured servant” screams euphemism all over it, but people still use it to refer to the many servants that did not even choose to do labor abroad (kidnapped mostly children and women, prisoners who were purposely “guilty” of the most trivial and ridiculous crimes, trickery, etc) Even the contracts of the *voluntary* servant immigrants were routinely broken, completely contradicting to the very meaning of being an “indentured servant”.It’s not like it’s some big “secret” or “conspiracy theory”, it’s well documented. The only real difference between the history of slavery and indentured servitude is that you can hide behind shady marketing as a scapegoat to the white ones.
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Posted on 16 March 2011. Tags: conspiracy, conspiracy theory, history of slavery, immigrants, indentured servant, indentured servants, prisoners, scapegoat, servant, servitude, Slaves, theory, trickery
“involvuntary indentured servant” screams euphemism all over it, but people still use it to refer to the many servants that did not even choose to do labor abroad (kidnapped mostly children and women, prisoners who were purposely “guilty” of the most trivial and ridiculous crimes, trickery, etc) Even the contracts of the *voluntary* servant immigrants were routinely broken, completely contradicting to the very meaning of being an “indentured servant”.It’s not like it’s some big “secret” or “conspiracy theory”, it’s well documented. The only real difference between the history of slavery and indentured servitude is that you can hide behind shady marketing as a scapegoat to the white ones.
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