• DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca
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    People want a show, and putting on that show is expensive.

    If pride is just a march, that can be done with small fundraising. If Pride has 3 events a day, every day for a week, ending with a parade and a concert, that needs outside funds.

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      Do people want a show? Or has a protest become co-opted by capitalism and the forces of status quo into a spectacle of entertainment that’s largely empty of any political or lasting benefit to queer people?

      That’s a rhetorical question because yes, yes to that second one I’m pretty sure.