Biden might actually do something about ludicrously expensive concert tickets

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Biden might actually do something about ludicrously expensive concert tickets
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It’s pretty important to bust monopolies, I’d say

Utilities, healthcare, debt, education, foreign aid, environment, tech spyware, freedom of the Internet, insurrection. I got depressed and stopped listing things... I am happy for any kind of a win, but I stopped giving ticketmaster money in 2007. This is so overdue, it's only becoming a priority because Biden thinks he can win over swifties. It's hard to pretend that this should be a priority, at least free us from cable monopolies first.

I think "win over swifties" is a big reductionist. It will certainly help get the attention of apathetic young voters and dinks, though.

It's also a bit of low-hanging fruit compared to the rest of them. Literally all the rest of them have massive lobbies backing them.

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