The 'Punk in the Park' ethical dilemma: When punk's anti-establishment spirit funds a Trump supporter amid a Trump-sponsored ICE siege of Los Angeles and terrorizing of immigrant Brown communities.
The organizer donated $255 to Trumps campaign… It’s not good, and there’s certainly a line to be drawn in doing business with non-politically aligned folk, especially when it comes to the punk ethos. However, remember the enemey isn’t your neighbor who voted for Trump. And it’s not even the $400k/yr income business owner or tech bro in the fancy neighborhood across the street. It’s the leisure class billionaires and oligarch fascists that have more money than God and don’t lift a finger to whipe their own asses.
Sometimes your neighbors are stupid and sometimes they work against their own self interest. It’s frustrating, but remember who the real enemy is. I don’t expect bands to be doing background checks on all of the people they do business with. $255 would easily go unnoticed unless this dude is a raging asshole/MAGA/political activist but I highly doubt that.
The organizer donated $255 to Trumps campaign… It’s not good, and there’s certainly a line to be drawn in doing business with non-politically aligned folk, especially when it comes to the punk ethos. However, remember the enemey isn’t your neighbor who voted for Trump. And it’s not even the $400k/yr income business owner or tech bro in the fancy neighborhood across the street. It’s the leisure class billionaires and oligarch fascists that have more money than God and don’t lift a finger to whipe their own asses.
Sometimes your neighbors are stupid and sometimes they work against their own self interest. It’s frustrating, but remember who the real enemy is. I don’t expect bands to be doing background checks on all of the people they do business with. $255 would easily go unnoticed unless this dude is a raging asshole/MAGA/political activist but I highly doubt that.
A penny or a dollar would be better which often costs more than the donation.