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GrinningPariah t1_je461so wrote

Reply to comment by Jassida in ELI5: Everyone knows that Ticketmaster is the biggest scumbucket enterprise on the planet yet no band seems able to avoid their grasp. What's to stop a really major act (e.g. Taylor Swift) from performing in venues that are not controlled by Ticketmaster, or just setting up a parallel company? by havereddit

People don't really get how it actually works.

Companies don't pay politicians to change their beliefs, they find politicians who already agree with them and donate to their campaigns to get them elected.

So these congress people who voted with ticketmaster, they weren't bribed. They voted their conscience. It's just, companies like ticketmaster have spent decades elevating politicians whose "conscience" is incredibly pro-business.

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