[-] ideonek@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

The problem is that tickets for popular artis - in general - are sold for the fraction of the actual market price. There would be enough people ready to pay 10x 20x 100x ... but the artist is not "allowed" to put that price on the ticket for PR reason. He would be labeled as greedy or not a real artist. They are leaving money on the table. The inefficiencies in the ticket distributions are not accidental. Many of those are there on purpose as a way to take back some of those money - often by people and processes connected with the artist. A way to [re]sell some tickets for their [real] price.

The objective truth is that a venue sell tickets way below their value. How do you close that gap?

Raising the price of tickets SIGNIFICANTLY? Even there, there is a "moral" cap to how high you can raise those.

So the demand crushes the supply. And 2nd hand can't close the gap. What do you do then? Lottery? Ticket only to the fastest? For people with the best connection (personal or internet)? It can't last forever because there are people ready to buy and people ready to sell. It'll come some fiction like "I sell a ticket for it market value, paired with this drawing of Taylor Swift I did for $1000. It's a set" Or "I pay you to buy me a ticket - I'm too busy to do it. I'll cover the price and your <> of obtaining it separately"

The problem is complex, and in the root of it is that those tickets are simply worth more. I may not be explaining it well, but Freekonomiks have a great episode about it if you're a podcast fan.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Man, that's awesome.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

Which will still not be enught to make ads work. It's so much effort and abuse for nothing.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

I can only assume that's becouse you are not fully aware of the details about it. I'd advise not to look them up. They will randomly hunt your thoughts until you die.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago
[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago

I bet Puttin will come prepred with a giant folder of evidences against Trump.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago

I'm going to play the devils advocate that this is their desperate attemot to be saved as the posterchild for system working.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago

I'm waiting for Prison Break: Recidivism

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

hmm, it can't eo owned indyvidualy. Can it be owned collectively? Can socialist country have borders? If it can, than I dont see what rules (not present in the capitalist country) would hard-stop it from expending those borders. If we use existing system from history as comparison, it's not all kisses and rosesses here as well.

If it can't have borders than we are talking the level of abstraction that I don't know how to discuss productively in the context of the twitt.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago

I think that idea is that a healthy, well-balanced capitalism (with working competition and anti-trust law) would make this imposible. It's a good argument agains cronyism and other broken form of psudo-capitalims... which most reasonable poeople would agree are bad regardless on theier political aligments. Capitalims shoudn't have monopolies. Period.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago

Bibles? Are you guys well? Is it bought, by MAGA satanists? I'm having trouble imagine audience that woul care about bible enought to buy it but who have coplete disregard for the 2nd commandement in the same time. This is bonkers.

[-] ideonek@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago

Go for the Owls and sent the letter up with a rumor that the De-Gnoming procedure is about to start. They are not that bright. They will run down to you.

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