• redwattlebird@lemmings.world
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    7 hours ago

    Unless her financials are public, it’ll be hard to do but the general principle is that everyone’s labour is worth the same.

    She’s able to get more money through manipulation, whether intending to or not, through her fans buying multiples of her merchandise, to playing her songs on Spotify non stop to boost her profits etc.

    Applying this principle, she’s gaining profit from the work of her fans who aren’t getting any compensation for their labour, resulting in millions of dollars.

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      1 hour ago

      So the defining factor is her work, not her staff. Her staff doing the same work at another place wouldn’t generate the same profit. And if you think listening to songs on Spotify is work…