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I'm a bit torn on the topic of entertainer billionaires and millionaires. Is it our opinion that they should just retire as soon as they hit 2 or 3 million, and end all contracts with royalties? It's not really their fault, at that point, that they keep making money.
Likewise with people who bought stock shares before a big merger or bought crypto a decade ago which made their wealth more than decuple in value. They certainly didn't start at the same low as the majority of people, but that's also not really their fault.
Let's say that there can be some, that it's possible to be, a good billionaire but let's all agree we should be taxing the fuck out of them.
Taylor Swift released a crap load of different versions of her last couple albums, each one having different songs and artwork knowing that at least her most die-hard fans would buy every single one. It is 100% on her that she became a billionaire.
she also has the power to break the harmful status quo of the industry if she so chose. her concerts are bigger than ticketmaster. she could refuse to do ticketsales through ticketmaster and give a lot more power to audiences and artists in the ticketbuying marketplace. she doesn't because the status quo benefits her because she's more entertainer than artist
She may be bigger than Ticketmaster, but, much like Pearl Jam, I suspect she has found out that she isn't bigger than the contracts that the venues have with Ticketmaster which say that they can only host artists and events that sell tickets through Ticketmaster.
I don't even like TS, I'm just saying other groups that were just as influential in their day, couldn't do it when they tried because of those contracts.