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      8 months ago

      Are you familiar with reading English?

      They weren’t saying “buy from someone else”, they were just saying “don’t buy”.

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        how often do monopolies get broken up by simply telling people “dont buy”? and how is that a good argument against government action?

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          I’m not saying that refusing to buy will break up the monopoly, it’s just basic economics, if no one buys due to the price being too high, they will drop the price.

          I’m not arguing against government action.

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            “the price will go down if no one buys the tickets” is true in the same way that the statement “if everyone moves to finland, then no one will live in germany” is true. it doesn’t really mean anything, because you can’t convince everyone to stop buying tickets in the same way that you can’t convince everyone to move to finland.

            this sort of problem is why governments regulate things. during the industrial revolution, companies would’ve stopped using child labor if everyone refused to buy from companies that used child labor. but that didn’t happen, so governments took it upon themselves to make child labor illegal.

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              I’m more than willing to vote with my wallet. If everyone else wants to hold themselves captive that’s their choice, they just shouldn’t pretend that refusing to pay isn’t an option.

              Your analogy of uprooting your life to live in another country is a bit of an over exaggeration, we’re talking about missing out on a gig, it’s not akin to starting your life over.

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                I’m more than willing to vote with my wallet.

                voting with your wallet isn’t really voting though. how are companies supposed to tell the difference between you not buying something because you’re not interested, and you not buying something because of some principled opposition? the other huge problem with the “vote with your wallet idea” is that bigger wallets get more votes. and people with bigger wallets might not care as much about incremental price increases.

                Your analogy of uprooting your life to live in another country is a bit of an over exaggeration, we’re talking about missing out on a gig, it’s not akin to starting your life over.

                are you familiar with the purpose of an analogy? here’s the merriam webster: definition of an analogy:

                a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect

                is starting your life over different from not going to a concert? yes, but that’s not the point of the analogy. you can say a bunch of “true” if-then statements, but that doesn’t really accomplish anything if the premises are never satisfied. so that’s why i gave an analogy with a premise that’s even harder to satisfy, to illustrate this very point.

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                  Whatever. I’ve seen quite a few gigs that looked good but when I saw the ticket price I thought “fuck that”, it’s really simple. Did my single action cause a price drop? Of course not, but one rain drop doesn’t cause a flood. All we need is for people to stick together but instead we get people like you crying to daddy government about how unfair it is.

                  If you want to complain about how expensive something is and then still pay it, that’s a you problem.

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                    i’m having trouble understanding how

                    All we need is for people to stick together but instead we get people like you crying to daddy government about how unfair it is.

                    is compatible with your earlier statement:

                    I’m not arguing against government action.

                    could you explain that to me?