• Feddyteddy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    You are right. There are professional female athletes who want to earn more money. Many of them are extremely smart, and they find things they can do that will make them more money. A vocal minority gets stuck trying to fight reality. These are the ones you see and imagine are the majority. This is not the majority by any stretch of the imagination.

    If you think it is unfair that women athletes get paid the amount the market pays them, then you have every right to go pay them more. Trying to force other people to pay them more is a waste of time.

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      7 months ago

      The “market” is doing a notoriously great job at distributing wealth right now. How much money do the 1% have now?

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        7 months ago

        Well, unfortunately, lots of people like to complain about what the market does while simultaneously encouraging it to do it with their wallets/purses. For instance, they say the market should give female athletes more money while simultaneously not buying their cards, jerseys, or going to their events. For another example, they give the 1% lots of money daily for things they absolutely don’t need while simultaneously complaining about how the 1% end up with all the money. Can’t have it both ways. If you shovel sand into your mouth, you’re gonna hafta deal with a mouth full of sand, unfortunately.