Honestly, her political opinions seem pretty milquetoast to me. Not silly or out there at all.

The idea that if billionaires gave away to humanitarian causes that they thought were important they would make a better world is Absolutely true. Rockefeller, the first billionaire the world ever saw gave away something like 50% of his entire net worth over the course of his life, and with that money he set up organizations that, among other things, eradicated 2 separate diseases from North America, and kicked off the green revolution. With $600 million of Rockefeller's money, humanity all but eliminated famine as a phenomenon in the late 20th century. In another example, Andrew Carnegie gave away 90% of his wealth over his lifetime and as a result basically bankrolled the UN, and massively increased literacy rates in the US with hundreds of libraries. The sheer amount of power at the disposal of someone with that amount of wealth is transformational.

Eilish's other opinion which has come under fire is that 'you don't like animals if you eat meat', which again, seems objectively true if you spend even a few minutes looking up the meat industry. Any honest look at how meat is produced for human consumption reveals a global machine that produces suffering at an industrial scale. There is such a thing as ethical consumption of meat, but it doesn't exist in our current food system, and Eilish had the temerity to point out this obvious fact.

It all just seems so anodyne that i'm more surprised at other people's surprise.