Let’s say you buy a ticket to see your favorite artist. You’re excited. You waited in the digital queue. You paid the price the artist set. But when you get online to invite a friend, the same seat is now selling for 5x the price — not by the venue, not by the artist — but by someone who bought it just to flip it.
That’s not capitalism. That’s exploitation.
And it’s time to shut it down.
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Tickets Aren’t Property. They’re Licenses.
People always say, “If I buy a ticket, I should be allowed to sell it — it’s mine.”
But a ticket isn’t a baseball card. It’s not a watch or a pair of shoes. It’s a *revocable license* — a conditional right to occupy a seat at a specific time and place. It’s no different from an airline ticket or a hotel reservation. And guess what? You can’t resell your Delta seat for profit. Why should you be able to do it with a concert ticket?
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Resale Makes Events Less Safe
Some argue that airlines need non-transferable tickets “for security reasons,” but concerts don’t. Really? Have you seen the numbers?
* 60 people died at the Las Vegas Route 91 Festival.
* 22 were killed at the Manchester Arena.
* Dozens more at theaters and nightclubs around the world.
Unregulated resale introduces chaos. Ticket screenshots get copied. Fake barcodes are sold to multiple people. Scalpers don’t follow ID policies or transfer rules. When the original buyer isn’t the one walking in, **no one is accountable**. Security can’t verify anything.
If we treated concert tickets like airline tickets — no anonymous resale, no markups, ID-verified entry — we’d be a hell of a lot safer.
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The Current System is Rigged
Ticket resale is no longer a guy in a trench coat outside the venue. It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry powered by bots and hedge funds. A single scalper can buy up thousands of tickets in seconds, using software that regular fans can’t compete with. The result? Inflated prices, frustrated fans, and zero benefit to the people actually creating or hosting the event.
Artists, venues, and fans all get screwed — while parasitic resellers make bank for doing nothing.
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The Fix is Simple
I’m not saying you shouldn’t be able to resell a ticket if your plans change. You should — but only **at face value** and **only through the original platform**.
No profit. No third-party sites. No screenshots.
Just a fair and transparent way for someone else to take your place.
Let the artist set the price. Let the venue control the security. Let the fans actually get in.
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Let’s Make It Fair Again
Live music, theater, and sports aren’t luxury commodities. They’re culture.
And culture should be **shared**, not scalped.