• Aljernon@lemmy.today
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    5 小时前

    These people are all willing to play shows in the US, why wouldn’t you expect them to play in Saudi Arabia? Sounds like living in denial about our own country. Like the concept of blood diamonds; money from software made in the US has funded conflict all over the globe but no one called it blood software. We used to export soybeans and used the money to bomb foreigners and no one called em blood soybeans.

    Moral failings are always some other countries problem, we’re the shining city on the hill remember? /s

    • JB33@lemmy.world
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      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.

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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      We’re not great currently, but we are leaps and bounds better than Saudi Arabia right now.

      Are you saying all entertainment folks in the US should just stop working? That is neither feasible or possible for non A-listers.

      Edit: apparently some one is ok with already struggling artist starving. Hope you have the same energy when it’s your turn to refuse work.

      • ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml
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        Don’t invent the scenarios, none of the comedians in questions are “starving”.