2w ago

In the western countries, musicians need to be government approved to perform on stage.

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Let's be honest, that's true in every country where the government has real power. The moment you're an actual threat to those in power, you'll get shut down.
- Right, and that's why talk of authoritarianism is infantile. The question that's actually important is whose interest the government represents.
  
  Of course. The moment a government feels threatened, it will show you 'the violence inherent in the system'.
Yes but counterpoint Pussy Riot is white and Bob Vylan is black.
just ain't the case, this is a thing that happens sometimes at monied levels of capitalist event planning in Imperial Anglophone countries, not in day-to-day life for all the Volk
don't pretend like western governments have this kind of reach and power, it will cause people trapped in their borders to kill themselves
- counterpoint: Bob Vylan
- It's not the case...it just happens sometimes? It doesn't count when it does happen because it's capitalism? We have to ignore when it happens because if people realized, they would be too distraught?
  I genuinely don't understand what's doing on with this comment.
  
  lol why'd you delete? that was on point. I hit upvote and 'poof' it was gone. :-(
  
  It isn't the case that stage musicians need to be government approved. It is the case that high-profile acts at high profile shows are being censored. There is a huge difference.
  *and thanks for bringing your comment back, it was civil and i was happy to clarify
That's .... Just not true? Ragebait?
- welcome to the real world https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/uk/bob-vylan-uk-band-glastonbury-us-visa-intl-latam
  
  Another https://shunculture.com/article/why-is-onefour-banned-from-performing-in-australia
  
  The uk and Australia doing something hardly makes it true of "the western countries." Rewording to "some western countries" could make the statement true though.

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