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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Ah, yes, the ole "it's the customers fault they're getting screwed."

Why do I have to think about market forces and corporate politics just to buy a fucking concert ticket? Can't we just have a well regulated market that doesn't constantly treat customers like a resource to be mined?

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

No, we can't. Both are captured by cruel and selfish people who will keep taking until something breaks and they got to where they are because people kept voting for them on the ballot and in the store instead of supporting the people who aren't trying to economically rape us into the grave.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Can’t we just have a well regulated market that doesn’t constantly treat customers like a resource to be mined?

Of course we can in theory, but the capitalists will call it socialism. And then people will say we don't want that. So we go right back to free market capitalism.

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I get this argument for something people actually need but going to a Taylor Swift concert is the very definition of a luxury.

[–] F_State@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago

Not with Democrats or Republicans in power

[–] itztalal@lemmings.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Why do I have to think about market forces and corporate politics just to buy a fucking concert ticket? Can’t we just have a well regulated market that doesn’t constantly treat customers like a resource to be mined?

Because the democrats keep voting against progressives, leaving us with republicans.

In short, it's the culture we want because most us support the miners.