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This is an elitist view of the world. In what universe does a rich person deserve to consume media at greater rates than poor people? Or because they're poor, m
by drharris 14y ago
This is an elitist view of the world. In what universe does a rich person deserve to consume media at greater rates than poor people? Or because they're poor, must they spend all 16 waking hours trying to work for food, no time to consume such media? Or because they're poor, they shouldn't be able to afford the arbitrarily-set prices of said media? Or because they're poor, we simply don't care about what they can do or not do?
- pyre 14y agoI think parent's point was that 'truly poor' people don't have time to consume media because they are too busy working to keep their head above water. I don't necessarily agree with the idea that only people in this state of existence can be called 'poor.' I'd say that 'poor' is more general, and that those people are at the extreme end of the 'poor' spectrum.
- Jgrubb 14y agoThat was my point, thank you. My point was more that I don't know how you can call someone poor who can't afford to buy the album or the book or the movie, but can somehow afford the device that they can play it on. That doesn't sound like my idea of "poor", it sounds more like "I don't feel like parting with my $15 right now".