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Originally Posted by Cursed Lemon  If dairy farmers could not afford to continue to produce and sell milk, be it to customers or markets, then...wouldn't there be no dairy? |
That's right. As I said, they
are closing down.
Of course the supermarkets can source cheaper milk from China to make up the short fall.
It's happening all over. I've seen millions of oranges dumped in land fill because Aussie farmers can't compete with juice concentrate imported from Brazil.
Point being, the bottom line for most people is the $.
They don't care, or more likely don't think about the consequences of paying very little for something in a climate of increased energy costs.
They don't care they're consuming music at virtually no cost to them. They just assume musicians can afford to give it away.
We're back to the old myth about millionaire rock stars and greedy labels.