The Elite:

Moderately successful musicians who feel that the difference between service and hobby has to do with musical quality, talent or hard work, and therefore the minimums should remain at zero minus expenses. Furthermore, they do not understand the concepts of Fresh Meat or Solidarity.  Instead, many believe that Fair Trade Music would negate the concept of meritocracy, despite meritocracy's existence in the non-music world, where service workers' minimum wages are the law.