• JB33@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Playing a show in Saudi Arabia would be different than playing this show funded by the Saudi government. The shows played in America, for the most part, aren’t funded by the government here. That’s the difference. People gave the celebrities who performed at Trump’s inauguration shit for it. That’s consistent my guy.

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      2 days ago

      Also the fact they were supporting something opposite of what Saudia arabia represents. aka, free speech, lgbtq+ rights,etc. something SA is against and they went and accepted the money.

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      Saudi Arabia is an absolutist monarchy where the person in power is a monarch, so playing a show for the monarchy is playing a show for the people in power.

      The USA is a capitalist country where the people in power are capitalist owners, so playing a show in a privately-owned venue is playing a show for the people in power.