>>2625451The music industry has a fucking vice grip all over the entire fucking world because of a rare combination of factors:
>intensely hard industry to succeed in due to the competitive and arbitrary nature of the marketplace, meaning power is naturally funneled into a small few producers that manage to sustain successful artists, with a massive mess of indies at the bottom scrounging for scraps>a purely luxury industry, since no one needs music to survive, yet extremely widespread, since music is an inherent part of human culture worldwide>no political will or knowledge to legislate on the issue, since by nature, politicians are not the type to have knowledge of an industry with nearly zero connection to political ambitionIt's like how Diamonds are artificially scarce and controlled by an absurd monopoly, but instead of the luxury being a worthless gemstone outside of industrial usage, it's humanity's defining cultural legacy
