Yeah, but I would say that is the outlier not the norm. Though, I'm arguing success not talent. At what point has your talent gotten you x amount of fame and fortune and at what point do you not 100% own that success? In both cases, Taylor and JK have an entire crew around them. Makeup Artists, PR people, media personalities, photographers, managers, band members, roadies, and so on and so forth. At what point is a CEO or even a self starter not really 100% owning what the company, product, or persona is? At what point is it down to thousands if not millions of people holding you up? I just think it is something that no economy has ever really determined. It takes a village whether it is fans, consumers, family, friends, coworkers, associates or whatever to build something that can be considered great. I just feel like there's a point where a person really needs to step away and say that it is no longer just MINE anymore, but I'm not greedy either.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

At what point is it down to thousands if not millions of people holding you up?

I agree with your broader point. For example, Warren Buffet has not done $150bn of work.

Swift and Rowling do have support to make their pie grow much larger than 1bn, but I chose those billionaires because without their contribution there would be no pie at all.