It's not just music. It's hard to find guilt free enjoyment in almost anything nowadays. Someone involved in its creation will almost inevitably be a turbo-cunt somehow.
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I've come to the conclusion that being an ethical consumer is probably impossible. I will however still try. Perfection is the enemy of progress and all that.
"there is no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism"
It's been a known concept in leftist theory for a long while.
While true, many people use that as an excuse to not even try. Even if you can't stop exploitation as just one individual, this doesn't mean you get a pass to make things worse.
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Guilt-free is impossible if you pay for it. Pirating though, you can draw the line yourself. Like for example Harry Porter the movie is a combination of multiple talented people, i don't attribute all those to a single cunt, and pirating mean i can avoid paying that cunt while also acknowledging the talent that contributed to this whole series(by watching their other works, but i'm also a massive cunt as i pirate everything and not paying streaming service a single cent)
Don't really like the series anyway, the setting is pretty nice though. Will still avoid media from people who crossed that line though.
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I learned about Grimes from her spot in Cyberpunk 2077. Excited at the potential well of new music I looked her up and first result is a divorce with Musk.
Come on, man.
At least it's a divorce
She definitely thought he was a viable human being at some point though.
Do people forget that so did the rest of society at large before he publicly went off the deep end?
I would think that she would have a better understanding of him and his character prior to getting married than the public at large. I've never been in a room with him, much less had a conversation or spent time together.
For the last few years, plenty of people are finding out their loved ones and close friends have hidden sides to them they did not see before. Why is it that she couldn't have been one of those people?
I don't know why you're running defense for Grimes, but they started dating the same year he called that British caver that saved the kids in Thailand a pedophile. Not what I would consider mature or marriage potential, and that's what he said in public.
There is a substantial difference between public image and actual personality. Society at large was unaware of his proclivities because he had an ace PR team stymie his worst impulses. It's much harder to stay mask off when you're actually interacting and living with someone, and Musk isn't very good at subtley.
Plus like the other user said, they started dating the year he did that weird pedo accusation at that Thai rescue squad. That was definitely the beginning of a LOT of people realizing he was off.
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For those saying "it's a divorce," when accused of being a Nazi, Grimes replied she was "happily proud of white culture."
They had enough in common to get married.
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They divorced, and she's not a big fan of him now, to be diplomatic about it
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Black metal bands : nazi
Classic rock artists : pedophiles
Inquisition : both
It's cool they can span multiple genres like that
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You can enjoy art without getting caught up on the artist's views and actions
The way you phrased it makes me feel like this is one of Hitlers..
You don't have to solely trust your gut. You can also read the bottom right corner.
Heeey, I didn't notice that. Thanks!
It is, but it's a bad example because Hitler's paintings are shit.
I think it's a good example because art is subjective and liking this picture doesn't mean you're a nazi.
And yes his art is shit. But to each their own.
Tap for spoiler
Which is ironically a Nazi quote.
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Usually I agree, my one exception is Lost Prophets. Ian Watkins crimes were so awful that now when I've tried to listen to their first album (which I loved at release) I just feel sick.
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Yeah but then you also have artists like J K Rowling who have laid out, in no uncertain terms, that significant amounts of their fortunes are going straight to harming marginalized communities.
Rowling, in this example, has started an anti trans charity that does not accept external donations, it is fueled solely by Harry Potter money. The only way I'm going to be able to enjoy anything in this vein is if I know that she's not seeing a dime out of it.
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Listening to black metal is a minefield.
hates black people
listens to black metal
hypocrites
I listen mostly to heavy metal and I never enjoyed Iced Earth or Pantera. Sixth sense, baby!
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I also got one of these this week
Alternatively it's just made with AI.
Or if it's made with Grok then it's a Nazi pedo AI.
Come back to me once you spent a large amount of your time learning guitar thanks to a band, then the band members first want to give a chance to Trump, then begin using AI (all after they wrote an awful triple concept album on "machine music" building out literally 1984).
Shortly before kanye's nazi controversy, Spotify was pushing him hard, lol
I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is part of what I love about the punk scene, it's all about empowering the downtrodden and telling oppressors to fuck off, and at the same time having some fun while you do so!
Anti-flag and the casualties come to mind off recent examples of the opposite of this.
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Dance Gavin Dance and Crystal Castles are two that I've been bummed to find out about relatively recently. :\
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