• Alaskaball [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    Not only did Marky mark buy the world’s largest ruby gemstone because he’s fucking rich, he also fucking never actually sold it and kept the shit-shaped gem

    Not only is he a racist, he’s one of dumbass uber-rich.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      He’s rich from a long and successful multimedia art career. And I can’t find any source that says he bought it, it seems to still be owned by James Zigras, the mineralogist friend. He just carved it.

      Not sure about the racist bit. DEVO definitely utilized racial stereotypes, but the consensus seems to be that it was very clearly satirizing systemic racism. I dunno if Mothersbaugh has any other history of sincere racism, but I can’t find anything.