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[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago

FF (fuck 'em) whoring themselves for Amazon execs isn't the main story here. It's the disgusting exploitation of labor for profits. Organized destruction of unions and workers rights had made this tale an everyday, everywhere occurrence. Long ago there was a time when the news would report about main street and wall street as being more intertwined. Today their well being is in opposite directions. From symbiotic to parasitic.

It seems to prefer coercion as a method to keep people producing rather than inspiring them and earning their best.

Ambush style layoffs remove the feeling of safety, making people desperate to prove they shouldn’t be next. With this approach, Amazon embraces a timelessly blood-curdling rationale: nothing concentrates the mind like a credible threat.

Annual attrition targets for a fixed percentage of people every year create a survival mentality. No one wants to be the slowest gazelle when the lion comes around again, so everyone runs faster. Classic coercion.

[–] [email protected] 143 points 11 months ago (19 children)

It is a musician's business to know who they are performing for and why - and the more famous they are, the more it starts to matter. Grohl knows this.

The people on here who is excusing this with "capitalism bad except when people I like is doing it" arguments is just demonstrating how empty "liberal values" get when push comes to shove.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago

Too bad the Foo Fighters are garbage, so they treated themselves to shitty music

[–] [email protected] 131 points 11 months ago (14 children)

For those not upset and see the band "just playing a gig", what would be a line that you personally would consider too far? Would you be ok with them doing a private show for Netanyahu and his cabinet? Would a private show for Trump and his Republican lackeys be ok? How about Nestle CEO and its board, but none of its workers? Would a private show for the Proud Boys be ok if they had a "dump truck full of cash"?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago

I consider Amazon to be only average evil. Now if they did a concert for Nestle...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Personally, I'd think it would be much for impactful to play for whoever, then donate all the proceeds to some important cause. Telling e.g. Netanyahu no to a Foo Fighters concert isn't going to make him change his mind about anything. But giving the concert will take money away from him and give it to something important.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is way past the point for me, but I'm not a good musician or famous and part of how I draw lines may be contributing factors.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I honestly don't care who they play for, as long as it's not at the cost of of any regular scheduled gig.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Right? The concert is not the problem. The problem is who is paying for it/who is deserving of this (or any other) company benefit.

Though I guess there is an argument to be had that the performers are enabling class exploitation instead of standing in solidarity. Then again, it's entirely plausible that the performers don't know any of these details.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I definitely agree but it still hurts, a lot.

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