The band is great but sometimes it’s sad to see how Morello sells his T-shirts on Instagram. Mostly they’re boring shirts (not much effort for the pictures or texts) and selling them so eagerly seems like some pretty capitalist shit.
It just seems pretty ironic that first he posts on Instagram (big corporate social media) stuff like fuck the system and on the next post he says that buy my T-shirts! Where are those shirt made? Probably on some cheap factory with bad working conditions. I also think that he gets pretty much money from the gigs etc. So he can manage without selling shirts.
But yeah I agree that you have to make money to live in a system you are even if you oppose that system. Maybe there’s more nuances than I see. But with a quick look it seems pretty ironic as I said.
The band is great but sometimes it’s sad to see how Morello sells his T-shirts on Instagram. Mostly they’re boring shirts (not much effort for the pictures or texts) and selling them so eagerly seems like some pretty capitalist shit.
You don’t need the shirts to exist, but he needs money for food and shelter. Would you rather he book private shows for elites?
It just seems pretty ironic that first he posts on Instagram (big corporate social media) stuff like fuck the system and on the next post he says that buy my T-shirts! Where are those shirt made? Probably on some cheap factory with bad working conditions. I also think that he gets pretty much money from the gigs etc. So he can manage without selling shirts. But yeah I agree that you have to make money to live in a system you are even if you oppose that system. Maybe there’s more nuances than I see. But with a quick look it seems pretty ironic as I said.