The Issue with Witchy Business

 

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Allow me to preface this by stating that I, in no way shape or form, disagree with profiting off of your abilities. This statement is also applicable to knowingly fake fortune tellers.

False psychics may not possess the ability to see the future, they do, however, possess people skills. The adept ones have a keen understanding of human psychology, as well as employing subtle tactics in order to get answers out of a person.
False fortune tellers are most certainly selling their skills, and it's typically for entertainment purposes anyhow; they're entertainers. Albeit, their intentions are not to aid their clients with metaphysical advice to do good by them. But the individual working at Subway isn't working there with the intention of nourishing every customer's body with good and healthy food (despite its advertising). They're working there to get paid.
I also hold very little disdain towards the individual slinging cut cocaine at frat parties. Those college kids are often from wealthy families (that's why they're blowing money on blow from a dealer who they themselves and everyone else at the party don't know), they can afford to get ripped off.

Fake psychics have as much a right to run a fortune telling business as a "real" psychic does. Because, for starters, there is no substantial evidence that fortune telling is even legitimate to begin with.

I believe in fortune telling. I've made many accurate readings through meditation alone for multiple people throughout my life. But I'm willing to admit that an experiment between myself and a performative psychic would likely yield little results. Essentially, it's going to be very difficult to prove to a judge that you are indeed providing legitimate psychic readings, and not simply "scamming" people.
I mentioned a judge, because I've noticed a strange amount of pretentious reactions from practicing witches regarding the owner of the Serpent's Key metaphysical shop in Hanover, Pennsylvania being approached by police for "practicing witchcraft".
So the law, apparently, is specifically against false fortune tellers (which, I'm sure we know full-well this is specifically discriminating against Roma), which has led some witches online to speak out against performative readings for money as being "awful". They only feel that the law is bad because there are "real" psychics who genuinely want to help people.
In a way, I agree with them. People should not have to pretend to have mystical powers simply so that they can afford to survive. Quite frankly, it's almost shameful for someone who claims to have a genuine interest in helping people to be offering life changing work for a price. But in this society, we're forced to sell ourselves to survive.

Tarot readers with no psychic abilities are no different from sex workers. They're offering a nice release of hormones in exchange for the means of their survival. But there is no genuine connection, and little truth.
Their business may be reducing the metaphysical down to a commodity, but the "real" witchy entrepreneurs are doing the same as well.