Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmygrad.ml · 1 year agoHow capitalism made concerts be a bourgeois entertainment onlyi.imgur.comimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down13
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageHow capitalism made concerts be a bourgeois entertainment onlyi.imgur.comCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmygrad.ml · 1 year agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago It took two hours of working minimum wage to buy an Elvis ticket ticket. Elvis ticket cost in 2023 dollars: $31 But minimum wage is $7.25/hr, so $31 is more like four hou… oh wait.
minus-squareCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThey meant back in the day it took that time
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI know! The point is that we’re seeing the combined effect of ticket prices increasing relative to inflation and minimum wage falling relative to inflation, compounding the unaffordability.
But minimum wage is $7.25/hr, so $31 is more like four hou… oh wait.
They meant back in the day it took that time
I know! The point is that we’re seeing the combined effect of ticket prices increasing relative to inflation and minimum wage falling relative to inflation, compounding the unaffordability.