Says the man whose comfortable existence is entirely predicated on advanced weaponry wielded on his behalf.
Setting aside spotify, this is the philosophy of an child
Advocating for change against the violent factions of the world, is indeed, a good thing to do.
Wrong. Things stopped being horrific precisely because of the overwhelming amount of weaponry produced by capitalist enterprises on behalf of democratic nations. Continuing the process prevents the horrors from returning.
> Advocating for change against the violent factions of the world, is indeed, a good thing to do.
Also wrong. Any "violent faction" that would listen to you is de facto a good faction, so you are either wasting your time or undermining exactly the factions you should be empowering.
> David Bridie is an independent musician, producer and installation artist. Across four decades as a band member, solo artist and composer of film and TV soundtracks, he has released more than 30 albums. He is also the founder and artistic director of Wantok Musik Foundation, a not-for-profit music label that records, releases and promotes culturally infused music from Indigenous Australia, Melanesia and Oceania
bigyabai•6mo ago
I pray for his own health that he never finds out where his income tax goes...
terminatornet•6mo ago
bigyabai•6mo ago
Extrapolated to the extremes of "I don't want megalomaniacs publishing my music" you just end up with nobody ever hearing your songs.
terminatornet•6mo ago
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selbyk•6mo ago
But to answer your point, yes. People have the autonomy to not do business with individuals and corporations that don't align with their values. It's a personal choice. You may not understand it, but if more people had convictions like this the world would likely be an entirely different place.
bigyabai•6mo ago
He's well within his rights to protest whatever he wants. Prioritizing a beef with Spotify just seems hardly self-consistent with protesting the technological advancement of the military.
> if more people had convictions like this the world would likely be an entirely different place.
A functioning democracy only requires that people vote. If you want to take serious action towards world disarmament, stop voting pants-on-head insane representatives into power. You could bankrupt every single PMC and military contractor in the world, and governments would invent their own to fill their own security needs.
skybrian•6mo ago
A politician you hate could play it a campaign rally.