Indymisanthrope
Well-Known Member
There's definitely nuance, it's just that the lines and the thresholds for what is tolerable are somewhat arbitrarily drawn. Like, what if Big Thief were to play Israel but charge 5x normal ticket prices, and fleece their audience to make a bigger donation to Palestinian causes? Would *that* offset the validation they're offering? Does a little indie darling outfit like Big Thief even carry that kind of clout in the first place? It's not like they're a major pop/rock stadium tour enterprise, you know?I do get the question though, to me there's nuance but I get if there's not for folks.
I don't even really know anything about this band, so grain of salt and all that, but Max is presumably a direct beneficiary of Israeli government policy even if he's not a 'settler.' How is providing him with a livelihood not worse than just taking money from people who want to hear your music?
Legitimately not trying to "devil's advocate" this to death, I'm not that invested. I've just never been completely clear on what the "X Artist is Playing a Show in Israel!" stories do to actually help Palestine. "Just don't play in Israel" is a fairly passive form of activism.