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  • I didn’t know. With the MP3/Streaming era, albums aren’t what they used to be. That isn’t to say that an artist and record producer won’t put together a selection of tracks in a specific order to evoke emotion beyond the tracks themselves, but the era of the opera is mostly past; no more Tommy, or The Wall. Most people who listen to an artist today are going to acquire just the songs they want to hear and not the set. I wonder if it isn’t more of a strategy to encourage fans to buy a/any complete album, instead of a selection of individual tracks? Hearing something on a full album you might not hear otherwise could be intended as a reward, rather than a gotta collect them all game of encouragement.





  • chinpokomon@lemmy.mltoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldgotdamn
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    It’s not inflation and it isn’t taxation. It would be closer to deflation. However, what I’m suggesting would be a free market program. Businesses would join it and there could be incentives for the customers to do business in this affiliated network. The point is to make it so that social and societal value is more important than bank statements.


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    In case of the US I’d say something must be done, either build more, or adjust economy in order to the middle class to be able to purchase in cities again.

    Building more doesn’t solve the problem. There is vacant real estate already. If you don’t have a tenant for a property, you’re operating at a loss. A loss is a tax write off. With some creative accounting, it might be better to keep a place empty and increase the rate no one will pay you.

    My solution is to devalue money.

    A network of businesses and merchants that based on income, estate assets, and their contribution to the wield as recognized by the network, add a fee or a discount.

    If you are living up to your potential doing good things, you can afford to spend less. If you have no income, but you are doing good to your abilities, potentially all basic needs are covered.

    If you are hording value and causing harm, then you pay additional fees.

    Combined, the fees cover the discounts. The economic gap grows smaller.