Lurker13 wrote:Ugly Nora wrote:2. Music companies (and most companies) exist to make money. They don't exist to push social agenda's (whatever their politics may be). So don't expect their actions in pursuit of money to always be in line with your preferred politics.
I'm going to disagree with some of this statement, but not with respect to music companies. A lot of major corporations push the conservative agenda because, in this country, it's linked to deregulation. That means more money for them, because they won't have to comply with pesky little annoyances like consumer safety regulations, for example, or the Clean Air Act or the Clean Water Act or regulations pertaining to global warming.
Here is a good example.
https://www.vox.com/2017/2/2/14488448/stream-protection-rule(The night after Trump repealed this law, he gave his state of the union speech and claimed he would protect our clean air and water.)
Yeah, but you really didn't disagree with me, you came to the same conclusion that I did : that companies exist to make money. Or in your words "That means more money for them".
Any agendas or lobbying they may do, are not their end game. The end game is to make money and if lobbying or agendas help them make money, then they will do it.
Now again, I am saying this in general. There are certainly plenty of companies who have strong missions to push certain political and social agendas as a main component of, if not the main component of, their business. And these types of companies will definitely increase in occurrence going forward as the world becomes more socially conscience as a whole.
Thanks for joining the discussion. This is what is supposed to happen. A free exchange of ideas without fear of being persecuted for having a different opinion.
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