I used to think so as well until I remembered they EARN their money based on what we the FANS buy from them. It's not like money is just handed to them, we go see them on tour and we pay for the tickets. We buy the albums, the songs, and the merchandise and not everyone makes what major pop stars make. Only about 5 of them a generation make really big money.
Hey Sats.
How is this a justification though?
The scientist can come up with a cure for cancer and she'll still make less than P!nk made this year. Only because P!nk has fans and she made couple of cool hits?
Didn't Britney make $52 million on one of her off-years?
But hey, you're only seeing the top 1% of performers when you look at the biggest pop stars' earnings. It's like looking at company CEO's compared to the average middle class worker - of course the former looks grossly overpayed. Same concept here.
The scientist can come up with a cure for cancer and she'll still make less than P!nk made this year. Only because P!nk has fans and she made couple of cool hits?
I used to think so as well until I remembered they EARN their money based on what we the FANS buy from them. It's not like money is just handed to them, we go see them on tour and we pay for the tickets. We buy the albums, the songs, and the merchandise and not everyone makes what major pop stars make. Only about 5 of them a generation make really big money.
I agree with this.
Nonetheless, the distribution of resources is just fukced up, what's new?
Some of us don't even wonder
Some of us don't even care
Couldn't we just help each other
Isn't there enough to SHAAAAAARE
The scientist can come up with a cure for cancer and she'll still make less than P!nk made this year. Only because P!nk has fans and she made couple of cool hits?
And again, they are basically public figures and they are their own product. Their talant is their product.
A scientist is not exactly a product, it's job that can create a product, and when they don't well, they don't get money
The scientist can come up with a cure for cancer and she'll still make less than P!nk made this year. Only because P!nk has fans and she made couple of cool hits?
If the scientist comes up with the cure ALONE (which will never happen), they'll get a HUGE amount of money.
Their fans are their income. Movies, tour tickets, album sales, etc. If you don't want them too make that much money, don't buy their ****. Same goes for endorsement deals, etc. Simple.