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I'm the OP. There's nothing wrong with these podcasters making money for their work. I mostly disagree with them but they've earned their money. What I find ir
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
I'm the OP. There's nothing wrong with these podcasters making money for their work. I mostly disagree with them but they've earned their money.
What I find ironic about it is that these podcasters in particular are crass, irreverent, and hypercritical of capitalism. But, they're using the status quo to make life changing amounts of money by talking about how bad the current system is. Good for them, though.
- runarberg 5y agoIf you find that ironic, then surely you see the irony when rich entrepreneurs blaze capitalism and oppose wealth tax while making money out of public infrastructure and skilled workers. It is indeed too easy to see hypocrisy when strong opinions are expresses—particularly so if you don’t share the ideology. So easy in fact, and is done so often that it has become the meme that dane-pgp pointed out.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoI don't find that ironic because that's exactly what I would expect those greedy people to do.
- dane-pgp 5y agoAre you sure that the "life changing amounts of money" are going solely into the pockets of these podcasters and not into expenses like recording equipment, editors, researchers, and so on? I accept that people might find it ironic if someone who complains about wealth inequality is also extremely wealthy, but on the other hand, someone who has managed to become extremely wealthy is arguably the best qualified to judge the unfairness or dangers of such a system. Perhaps a better example of irony in this situation, though, is the fact that capitalism seems to be rewarding people for criticising (and potentially seeking to end) it, which is an odd property for a system to have.