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    DanaThomas posted an update 4 years, 9 months ago

    If anybody is thinking of investing in a video project using Patreon, think again, unless the topic involves cute kittens or gardening; “somebody” has been leaning on this formerly independent platform.

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      FiatLux replied 4 years, 9 months ago

      Thanks for the tip. This is becoming a trend that is going to need some creative solutions or workarounds. Eventually, banking access will be cut off for most/all people who express the wrong opinions. Local digital (or even non-digital?) currencies with cooperative agreements among them might be nice, if it could be pulled off. Or maybe people supporting video producers by directly giving them things they need, like studio space, equipment, room, and board.

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          DanaThomas replied 4 years, 9 months ago

          The centralized control is failing. The iconic example of this is people standing in a flooded Chinese subway car holding their phones and not exactly looking happy. The “Party” could prevent dams from breaking; the same applies to the rest of the world, whatever the type of regime in power and whatever the local problems, whether induced artificially or not.