Outdoing Bad Deeds With Good Deeds (Taylor's Version)
As I type this they're screaming about Ticketmaster waitlisting
Just a quick chat about my favorite notoriously silent, risk avoidant climate criminale. The one who’s corralled a millions-strong army of adult white women to defend her from backlash, dissenters, and even her own short sights and failures. Something Ellen could never quite do.
There was that war against Ticketmaster, where they swiftly raged against the machine, the fees, and the anti-trust bad guys. All happening while Taylor The Businesswoman, who sets the prices, selects the venues, and partners with the bot-haven promoters, probably giggled quietly in the wings. That is something Taylor, the imaginary best friend in their summer camp daydreams who trades friendship bracelets and makes up dances with them, would never do.
Because we haven’t yet established a plan for how we treat billionaires we like, their marketing teams are doing it for us. They’ve successfully convinced us to focus on the magic, and not the means, which helps artists avoid backlash for the damaging economic and environmental impacts of their modern mega tours. The peppering in of good deeds and viral feel good moments strategically work together to keep the public calls for class and climate consciousness at bay.
Fans are income, and The Eras Tour is a $2B business.