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myops_rock t1_j5opglo wrote

You know antitrust is dead when our government is reduced to focusing on “Swifties” and fucking concert tickets. What a fucking joke.

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scottstaphinfection t1_j5osm5v wrote

it’s more to do with them being practically a monopoly, controlling a market and it’s prices

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myops_rock t1_j5owkdv wrote

They are practically a monopoly but that reflects a much broader problem and the focus on fucking concert tickets is pathetic and cowardly. That’s our government…

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ShiftSouth t1_j5qmu79 wrote

For once the government is actually doing their job and enforcing anti-trust laws.

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cannabination t1_j5ow3sn wrote

I don't think their unholy union with live Nation would be legal in any industry, certainly not when paired with their business practices. Idk why you think the music industry should have any less consumer protections than any other, but you're wrong.

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jiivanili t1_j5pb6f9 wrote

If cvs and walgreens tried to merge like this, it would be a huge problem. I use this example because I work in the pharmaceutical industry. It would not be accepted at all because the price gouging would be even worse than what it is already.

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cannabination t1_j5pef4n wrote

It's more like Walgreens buying CVS and then merging with the only pharmaceutical company in the world.

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R_V_Z t1_j5qrx1v wrote

That's what Safeway and Kroger are attempting. Hope the regulatory agency says no.

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jiivanili t1_j5qy1my wrote

Kroger is already a parent company for a significant number of other stores so I really hope they don't allow it.

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myops_rock t1_j5owrzq wrote

I don’t think it should have any less protections or these actions are justified. But I think the focus on fucking concert tickets is pathetic and cowardly given how broadly antitrust is a problem in our economy.

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cannabination t1_j5oxzdq wrote

I mean, they're the busting head of every single person that sees a concert in a venue of any size, anywhere in the country... seems like that might make some folks mad enough to say something.

There are protests against a lot dumber things than this... remember the truckers in dc last year?

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myops_rock t1_j5p9mpg wrote

Yup. The monopoly on concert promotion and ticket sales is bad. But I see it as a secondary concern because cocncerts aren’t essential. You could never see another live act and you would survive.

I do recall the Canadian truckers protesting against vaccination requirements to drive alone in their trucks and the Canadian government’s heavy handed response because those protests were effective. I think that it was disgusting how powerful people coerced many to take vaccines they didn’t want by threatening their livelihoods. That is not how individual health decisions should be made.

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cannabination t1_j5pdxz9 wrote

I'm talking about the truckers driving around the beltway in DC. I'd say read an article about it, but I'm starting to suspect your world view isn't primarily evidence based.

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myops_rock t1_j5rpx94 wrote

The copycat shit in DC was lame. The leaf truckers that were their inspiration were great. They showed us little Trudeau’s fascist colors.

I suspect our world view’s are vastly different. I expect our lives experiences are vastly different. I expect you and I have very different ideas about how to determine what is true.

We all like evidence that confirms our biases. Good luck with your pretensions.

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Sex_Fueled_Squirrel t1_j5pevdb wrote

The Canadian government also coerces them into driving sober by threatening their livelihoods if they don't.

Talk about tyranny. That's not how individual health decisions like when and where I get to drink should be made. My body, my choice!

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texasdeafdogs t1_j5rq6a5 wrote

People are capable of addressing more than 1 thing at a time too.

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myops_rock t1_j5rudyy wrote

Indeed. Our government is very good at enriching the people in it and their families while acting at the behest of people with tremendous wealth. They even manage to squeeze in time to lie through their teeth to us. Multitasking.

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MoCapBartender t1_j5ruhbo wrote

It's really amazing what protesting can accomplish when it doesn't threaten the rich.

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myops_rock t1_j5ryxcc wrote

For real. When it suits their interests they’ll even subsidize it!

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LordOfHorns t1_j5picol wrote

It was already ridiculous, but this was the straw that broke the camels back

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