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Jassida t1_je41hcu wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] 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

How can any company own congress in a proper democracy, it’s ridiculous.

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quackduck45 t1_je4298q wrote

capitalism

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breathing_normally t1_je42wq6 wrote

Unchecked capitalism. Ticketmaster operates in my country too, but is tamed by regulation. Capitalism has some great benefits but anti-trust regulation must be really robust for it not to morph in to a kind of feudalism

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GrinningPariah t1_je461so wrote

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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algorithm0r t1_je430vn wrote

America is one of the more corrupt democracies according to the UN.

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