• anticurrent@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    Those billionaires are being propped by stupid people buying exorbitant ticket prices to see their idols dancing from a mile a way. I blame the populace for this. you can make them irrelevant without even spending a penny.

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      17 days ago

      This being said on the same platform that basically every third person believes voters aren’t responsible for their votes.

      We can always assume people will be stupid, so I don’t think they’re gonna all stop wasting their money. Even if half of them did TS would still be a billionaire

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        17 days ago

        If every single one of Taylor Swift’s concerts were free, past, present, and future, she’d still probably be a billionaire. Artists don’t really make that much on ticket sales, the ticket vendors and venues are the ones making all the money. Swift’s net worth mostly comes from the value of the rights to her songs, not ticket sales.

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          17 days ago

          I think you would be right in a lot of cases but does that apply when you routinely sell out these extremely expensive shows like are being discussed here?

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      17 days ago

      In the face of exploitative capital, blaming the consumer is on the same tier of nonsensical rhetoric as victim blaming.

      It’s not the fault of people buying bottled water for Nestle’s human rights violations, nor is it the fans’ fault that Swift’s business model is exploitative and nonethical.

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        17 days ago

        You are telling me you can’t live without going to a Taylor Swift concert. Capitalism is the origin of many pains, but this one isn’t one of them.