Current Events > What are some industries you'd love to see ground to dust?

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• The car dealership. I would love nothing more than to be able to buy a car like I buy literally anything else in life - i.e. I pick the thing I want and pay the money it costs, instead of having a weird negotiation with a man who earns a 6 figure salary by showing me what the car is
• The car insurance industry. Fuck i hate car insurance. SO much. I hate that I need to change providers every year or get ripped off. I hate that any arbitrary tickboxes on my application about my occupation or star sign or whatever will add $200 to my yearly bill. I hate that I can't get genuine human customer service for anything but as soon as I want to quit suddenly the only way to deal with that is to talk to the same sort of sleazy prick as the guy who sold me the fucking car.

* The car dealership. I would love nothing more than to be able to buy a car like I buy literally anything else in life - i.e. I pick the thing I want and pay the money it costs, instead of having a weird negotiation with a man who earns a 6 figure salary by showing me what the car is

* The car insurance industry. Fuck i hate car insurance. SO much. I hate that I need to change providers every year or get ripped off. I hate that any arbitrary tickboxes on my application about my occupation or star sign or whatever will add $200 to my yearly bill. I hate that I can't get genuine human customer service for anything but as soon as I want to quit suddenly the only way to deal with that is to talk to the same sort of sleazy prick as the guy who sold me the fucking car.

Insurance.

I dont know what the alternative is but its a really ugly business model.

Key word: industries.

So I'd like every form of entertainment industry to be ground to dust.

Things like music, art, sports, gaming weren't supposed to make people millions of money.
It's supposed to be something you're interested in and do because you love it.
Instead, everything turned to the race to the top about who's going to earn the most money and the quality of most products has dropped in favor of profits. Not to mention how it's been taken away from average followers.

Just think about the costs of going to a concert or top level sports event these days.
Not to mention how a lot of those more or less idols are completely out of touch with reality, but still influence people around the world.
No, someone who's a good singer or good with the ball shouldn't be able to influence millions.

Hot take, I know.
Give small pleasures in life back to the people.

Things like music, art, sports, gaming weren't supposed to make people millions of money.
It's supposed to be something you're interested in and do because you love it.
Instead, everything turned to the race to the top about who's going to earn the most money and the quality of most products has dropped in favor of profits. Not to mention how it's been taken away from average followers.

I absolutely disagree with this. Shakespear charged for his plays, DaVinci charged for his services. Socrates lived a bountiful life.

Point is, for centuries and millenia wealth has been tied to arts and entertainment. Acting like its something new or just in the last 100 years is kinda silly.

People did what they were talented at, sports, entertainment, art, smithing, building, sculpting and so on.

Do we at least agree that footballers shouldnt be millionaires?

Why shouldn't they?

Because people who do far more important jobs than kicking a ball between posts dont make that much?

Actually to add to my list from earlier, professional sports should be done away with too. Players shouldnt be making millions and team managers tens of millions on a childrens game.

I'm guessing you feel the same about entertainers in general? Or is it just sport players?

Do we at least agree that footballers shouldnt be millionaires?

Why not? They have a very marketable skill.

Should the billions they generate go to the wealthy owners?

We owe many of our greatest artworks to the determination of their creators to get paid.

I absolutely disagree with this. Shakespear charged for his plays, DaVinci charged for his services. Socrates lived a bountiful life.

Key word: industries.

So I'd like every form of entertainment industry to be ground to dust.

Things like music, art, sports, gaming weren't supposed to make people millions of money.
It's supposed to be something you're interested in and do because you love it.
Instead, everything turned to the race to the top about who's going to earn the most money and the quality of most products has dropped in favor of profits. Not to mention how it's been taken away from average followers.

Just think about the costs of going to a concert or top level sports event these days.
Not to mention how a lot of those more or less idols are completely out of touch with reality, but still influence people around the world.
No, someone who's a good singer or good with the ball shouldn't be able to influence millions.

Hot take, I know.
Give small pleasures in life back to the people.

Of course they have a marketable skill. My point is that society way overvalues it. It shouldnt be marketable.

And as said, the team owners are even worse, so the billions obviously shouldnt go to them. Like with everything else, the money is there, it just doesnt get allocated properly or fairly.

Of course theres no point in saying any of this. The world is well and truly irreversibly fucked and given the state of my life at the moment Im more than happy to welcome climate change.

It didn't use to be marketable. In the 50s and 60s footballers (who were predominantly working class) were treated the same and paid the same as working class tradesman. It took a lot of unionization and agitation for them to receive their share of the wealth they created.

Football is one of those rare cases where the owners struggle to turn a profit while the workers get wealthy.

To be honest, for all its ridiculousness, sport is one of those things that makes life just a little bit nicer for me.

I have one family member (nearly 70) and two cats. Ive already decided the upper limit of my lifespan will coincide with the mothers death. Ill have nothing left after that.

So Im probably looking at another 20-25 years tops. I should be spared the brunt of climate change in that case, and living past 70 is more trouble than its worth anyway. My body already hurts when I wake up in the morning. Cant imagine what its like at that age.

In the meantime alcohol gets me by.