Complain all you want. Sometimes nowadays it even works, just through the sheer power of a Twitter shitstorm. But complaining -- essentially asking someone els

Complain all you want. Sometimes nowadays it even works, just through the sheer power of a Twitter shitstorm. But complaining -- essentially asking someone else to fix things -- that's one of the very first things a human baby learns. And it only works if there's someone more powerful than you, on your side, who protects and looks out for your interests. Good luck with that - maybe you noticed who's in the White House (and whom he put in charge of the FCC and the FTC and so on). And certainly the AXS/AEG people aren't on your side: they're your adversaries! Complaining to them is like asking your no-good abusive husband to please stop beating you, while you continue paying his rent and getting beaten. You need to get out of there! Besides, NOBODY is more powerful than you in this case! You're the one (you and your fellow buyers) with all the money that AEG depends on! So when it comes time to actually stop complaining and do something about this kind of crap, there are many things you can do, starting with the obvious: Absolutely Stop Supporting Them Monetarily. Even better: organize a widespead boycott. And then all the time and money you save by not going to concerts (or only going to small cheap local ones where you can actually talk & hang out with the artists), you can get yourself a guitar or a copy of Ableton Live or whatnot, and start teaching yourself! This article points out (or complains about, to use your phrase) a problem that does exist, and needs to be pointed out/complained about. But then instead of taking the next logical step ("everybody stop supporting these assholes please"), it instead spreads hopelessness and despair by saying "They know they can get away with [this crap], so they do. And so they will, until anyone with enough power to enact systematic change cares enough... to actually do something about it." That's a clear appeal to the "someone more powerful" that I mention above, and if they don't do anything, we're all just totally helpless, right? Weak sauce.