• androogee (they/she)@midwest.social
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    6 months ago

    Dave is making money. Don’t blame him.

    Tf kinda brain dead excuse is this?

    Acting immorally is okay if you’re making money?

    This is truly mind-obliterating stupidity.

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      6 months ago

      Ya… being paid to perform isn’t immoral. Honestly, I hope he took a ton of cash from Amazon for the show.

      Amazon is the crowd doing evil crap. Their immorality doesn’t automatically spread to everyone they interact with. Especially, people that aren’t actually aiding their efforts. This one is corporate waste

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        6 months ago

        FFs took a huge paycheck of blood money that they could’ve easily turned down. They’re in it too.

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          Yeah plus it’s not like they’re a new band desperate for cash and a big break - without doing any maths, I’m pretty sure Dave & Co. could easily turn down evert corpo gig that comes their way from now until forever, and still be out there living the high life.

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          Yes…I’m sure FF is intimately involved in Amazon internal politics. I’m sure they were made aware of every person fired to pay for their show before it was booked last year.

          It’s a gig. A highly paying gig. They don’t fucking care who’s in the audience.

        • don@lemm.ee
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          6 months ago

          I’d say you need a better grip on reality, but that would imply you had one to start with

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      6 months ago

      My guess is that the argument is that participating in society does not equal endorsement of the system we live in. This is how musicians make money. By playing music to who pays for it.

      That said, I myself am of two minds about them taking the money.

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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        6 months ago

        It absolutely does equal endorsement.

        I’ll make my life harder to avoid companies and people I don’t support.

        Have a fucking backbone and stand up for what you believe in. Why should we contribute to the things we abhor?

        Do you think you it’s justified perform for these people if they getting paid?