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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/why-promoters-who-cosplay-as-socialist-idealists-are-about-to-get-eaten/index.md b/content/posts/2026/why-promoters-who-cosplay-as-socialist-idealists-are-about-to-get-eaten/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d32f489 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/why-promoters-who-cosplay-as-socialist-idealists-are-about-to-get-eaten/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "Why promoters who cosplay as socialist idealists are about to get eaten" +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:49.000Z +draft: false +excerpt: "Almost every promoter in the NYC underground tries to cosplay as a socialist idealist. They adopt the language, post the right causes, signal the correct politics, and freeze out anyone … Read more" +categories: + - Scene +tags: + - competition + - format-opinion + - politics + - tone-confrontational +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/why-promoters-who-cosplay-as-socialist-idealists-are-about-to-get-eaten/cover.png + alt: "Small venues overshadowed by corporate monolith" +legacy_wp_id: 15992 +--- +Almost every promoter in the NYC underground tries to cosplay as a socialist idealist. They adopt the language, post the right causes, signal the correct politics, and freeze out anyone who says something different. It is a survival strategy that works until it does not. + +## The consolidation threat + +It is only a matter of time before some juggernaut promotion company from a different country — one that does not care about local scene politics and has a budget that dwarfs the entire NYC underground combined — eats up all the smaller players. The names are already circling: Pervert out of Mexico, SXTCY out of LA, Rebels out of Colombia. All moving into NYC. All operating on budgets and infrastructure that make the local collectives look like lemonade stands. +Diff truncated (46 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
