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Stop being a mindless "all or nothing" moron. She didn't fleece people for her money, and she doesn't have to give it away, either. Yet she chose to commit to giving most of it away, and she's trying to make the most positive effect out of it she can by being extremely selective about where she puts it. WTF more would you have her do to satisfy you?
Grow up, and stop being such a hateful ass. It's just another form of blind bigotry, judging people by some singular facet about them rather than considering the whole of who they are.
And, no, I don't care for Swift's music. From what little I do know of her, she seems basically yet another somewhat decent person at heart that's been gradually corrupted by fame, fortune, and the changes to one's life that come with such, but I think she still is a bit off from what I'd consider "evil." I can understand being disappointed in her, but not the level of absolute vitriol you seem to have for her.
I'm defending her actions because I would hope I'd be even half as smart as she is. She's grown her initial $36B from the divorce, so now she has that much more she can help others with. It's a matter of long-term thinking, which you unfortunately seem to lack.
Never mind it's not her responsibility to make up for the shittiness of other billionaires, as I just said in another comment to you elsewhere. Be thankful at least a few of them even try to be decent. You'll never convince anybody that were you in her shoes you would give it all away either - that $20M you calculated looks great now, but just a couple decades ago most would have said just a tenth of that. What will it be in another couple decades?