04-11-2018, 11:16 PM
(04-04-2018, 11:13 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Sure, it keeps the drug cartels in business, as well. Dealers on the corner face the same situation, people want their... product.
I'll stick with the dope dealer analogy for a minute. If all the dope to the biggest supplier were to suddenly dry up, that dealer would throw a massive fit, likely shoot whomever he felt was at cause. Meanwhile, all the tweakers would just move on to the next source, even if it was watered down.
My point is that stupid content for stupid viewers is not unlike dope to users. Both are pointless and have very little benefit to the success of society, but both lend plenty to it's decline. People idling their time away, trying to get as good at video games as the top YouTube earner is very similar to the kid on the corner slinging sacs that thinks that someday he'll be the kingpin making the big dough.
That Iranian chick that shot up 3 people at YouTube? She's just like the local dealer that lost her supply. No more easy money.
The difference being that drug markets come with negative externalities. Youtube content does not.
What makes you think that a drug dealer is going to wreck shit when his supply dries up?
