12-21-2004, 07:51 AM
TriggerhappyNun Wrote:Wow, you seem to be one Theory of Labor away from Marxist.
Your first point seems to be outright ignorant. The bourgeoise is an ever-changing class, and that 1% could be anyone. Not only that, but they DO serve a purpose in society. They are the businessmen which hold together a good portion of our economy. The small businesses are shrinking ever-rapidly. Also most of them DO pay income tax. They DO have a place in our country.
As for your second part, while I agree that the RIAA is trying too hard to destroy file sharing, I am against it, as it is stealing. And the reason why music is so shitty is due to corporate ownership of radios, recording studioes, even TV stations that bastardize music (MTV and its counterparts). That's why I like more old rock, along with more underground rock, especially metal (like Machine Head).
I'm not going to address your first point, because doing so would only start a pointless argument. I will say, though, that the bourgeoise are NOT the top 1% in this country.
Your second point falls apart. You said it yourself, the reason why most pop music sucks is because is due to corporate ownership. Buying CDs feeds corporate ownership, and thus leads to the proliferation of crap. If the record companies would stop looking at file-sharing as a moral outrage, they might realize that it's really the public's way of saying, we are tired of paying money for crap, and then maybe they'd stop wasting their money on low-talent acts like Ashlee Simpson and William Hung.
File-Sharing is not stealing. Charging almost $20 for a CD, when all you want is one or two songs from the CD, is stealing.