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It's a business, not a charity. Rogan is enormously popular. Content from marginalized groups is, almost by definition, less so.

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Rest assured they will be investing in only a tiny few of the very least marginalized people in said “marginalized groups.” That’s how identity politics works.

> It's a business, not a charity.

I hate this phrase, we are better than that. No one is asking businesses to become charities, what they are asking for them to become more socially conscious. Invest even a small quantity of profits into areas of the business that, while may not be profitable, could provide some level of support to society.

We as a society need to move past this excuse of "they are just a business" and not expect them to be better than that.

> Rogan is enormously popular. Content from marginalized groups is, almost by definition, less so.

Spotify should be using some portion of their profits to give these marginalized groups a platform to tell their story. We should not dismiss them.

You can pay some alternative spotify where your favorite groups are represented. That's how it works.

How about you donate a portion of your profits to these "groups"? How many marginalized groups have you helped with your cushy career?

what happens when they choose to support groups that you dont like? What if they decided to invest 15 million a year in supporting conservative causes or securing the border? Companies getting involved in things outside of their core reason is just asking for trouble. What you consider support to society may be very different than what someone else does.

Yes, it's not like the groups traditionally considered marginalized are underrepresented in popular music. What are they going to spend that $100 million on? Anglican bell-ringers and Appalachian skiffle groups?

Not really sure what you mean, it seems like 75+ % of the current top 100 songs are minorities.

https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/

Indeed, spreading antivax sentiments, disinformation, racism and hate is big business.

Spotify is a small player though and Facebook is the big winner in this category.

If you're referring to Rogan, he isn't doing any of that and neither is Spotify that I'm aware of in this universe.

have you ever listened to a full session of Rogan? This is pretty much the opposite of what he does. He has thoughtful conversations with a variety of people, including Bernie Sanders. He talks like normal people do when having a conversation.

Anyone who is boiling down media content to "spreading antivax sentiments, disinformation, racism and hate" is almost certainly repeating nonsense they've heard, and it's clear that this commenter has either never listened to a JRE episode or is purposefully being disingenuous.

"This is not a vaccine, this is essentially a gene therapy."

"Ivermectin alone is capable of driving this pathogen to extinction."

"I don't think it's true there's an increased risk of myocarditis from people catching Covid-19 that are young, versus the risk from the vaccine."

Guest claims that if you get vaccinated after having had Covid, you're at greater risk of harmful side effects.

https://www.bbc.com/news/60199614

Who are "normal people"? People like Rogan? Or maybe people who agree with you?

You've clearly never listened to JRE if you think he's spreading racism and hate lmao... Man's constantly saying to spread love and all that. He's also not against vaccines.

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