Now we are getting somewhere, citizens!
Your reverse argument clarifies what I was trying to say. It is the "venture capitalists" who are taking advantage of the clear and closing lane then merging/cutting in line when they can. It is the weak-willed who allow these stronger-willed people to cut in line. These people are bullies! Imagine a theater line where people made their own lane then merged at the box office. Before you argue that this is not a fair comparison because everyone knows there is only one line at the theater and, technically, there are still two lines of traffic available before the merge point... When the bulk of traffic has already formed a single line well ahead of the merge point, there are always a few who take advantage of the open lane, often times AFTER they have already chosen to be part of the single line, so that they can cut in line. If you agree that this is acceptable, then how can you also be a champion of the single queue checkout line? Because this behavior is more consistent with observing all the checkout lines and trying to get to the shortest/fastest line, IMO.
As an aside, I am one of those who will break out of the single traffic line, and block the open lane well ahead of the merge point while also holding my position in the single line. Only when I'm in the cage, though.
In re: VIP passes... I have done the Universal VIP and it is well worth the cost. It is also super-capitalist because there are special VIP lines that allow you to "break in line" under the noses of the "lower-class" who have to wait on you to get on the rides first. Not instantly, but it creates in the lower-class a desire to be a VIP, something to strive for on their next visit. This is the capitalist way; observe, desire, work, obtain, enjoy. The NEW WORLD ORDER way, though, is GIVE VIP treatment to everyone. That's what people want... observe, desire, complain, obtain, enjoy. If you do that, then no one can be a VIP and the benefit is lost.
I'm not familiar with the Disney way... you're saying it doesn't cost more, but you have to know how to take advantage of it before the limited spaces are gone? So it's economically fair, but intellectually unfair?