Rappers do the same thing
"this wouldnt be possible without the fans, my manager, my producers, the marketing team at the label"
The vast majority of rappers are EMPLOYEES and ain't nobody PISSIN IN BOTTLES to get their albums out.
Selling products is looked down upon & seen as evil.
Selling time & labor is seen as honorable.
Labor is fukking honorable.

IF you don't own the business, you are SELLING YOUR LABOR.
And it is something to be RESPECTED.
Also selling products isn't seen as "Evil".
The vast majority of Americans jerk off to the idea of packaging something and selling it for
the ultimate payday.

It's why you have people IN THIS THREAD tripping over themselves to defend Jeff-fukking-Bezos like he needs it.
UPS is union, why dont you work there ?
Amazon pays $5+ more than the min wage, which is higher than most comparable jobs in the same line of work.
Theirs other options for those people to work if they are not happy at other places that dont require past work experience, etc etc..
why do you need Amazon to bend to your will ?
Because they're considerably larger than most any direct competitor because of this, they can pay HIGHER wages but keep the majority of their profits. Slowing choking out their competition, like Walmart rolling into town and snuffing out all of the small businesses.
We need Amazon to "bend to our will" because we've effectively ALLOWED large corporations like Amazon to grow unfettered.
This is why they can do shyt like dodge billions of dollars in Taxes LEGALLY.
OF all the people to defend, Amazon ? They aren't the ones breh.
They