Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years agoHow capitalism made concerts be a bourgeois entertainment onlyi.imgur.comimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down12
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageHow capitalism made concerts be a bourgeois entertainment onlyi.imgur.comCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-up0·2 years agoThey meant back in the day it took that time
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.