> Ahh the good ol artist commenting on capitalism.

> Reminds me how I got hate for getting my wife a new non stick cooking pan for christmas, and some college hipster commented it was sexist.

Reads to me like the OP believes that "artist commenting on capitalism" is a bit of a trope, and / or the commentary is typically facile and doesn't hold up to reality (as analogous to the case of "a cooking pan for christmas is sexist" versus "wife asks for a cooking pan for christmas").

I suppose the person to whom you’re responding is struggling to process some aspects of their identity.

He is just struggling to understand how simple some peoples' worldview is.