Victoria Antoinette

deal with the misinformation in your community

capitalism superceded mercantilism about 2 centuries ago. it’s nowhere near as old as currency

communism is a wishful thinking pipe dream that turns into authoritarianism every time.

except every time it hasn’t

except all the ones you are ignoring

renters bring risks. if the home is on the market, they also make it a half to sell

thank you. this has been a problem since at least November.

I expect to have more options on my ballot than that

Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.

that isn’t part of how mussolini defined it.

copying isn’t stealing

His video on First Past the Post voting should be mandatory to watch.

he doesn’t actually state in that video what should be the biggest takeaway: strategic voting is what leads to consolidation of parties, so your best interest longterm is to vote your values, even if doing so has a likelihood of losing short term.

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I’m not sure you want to rely on Patreon in any case, since it also relies on the retention of rights for profit. In your scenario, when they upload to Patreon, anyone involved could tell them to get fucked and pay the author nothing.

anyone could do that now. people still get paid.

Exactly, and since it certainly follows a long tail distribution, the rest of the 250,000 creators on patreon make a tiny fraction of that. For the vast majority of people, it doesn’t provide a primary income.

this is true for the vast majority of storytellers and artists and musicians through all of history.

any time it has worked proves you are wrong. the top 50 patreons clear over $100k a year

only one person would need to be able to live on either model to disprove your claim. since that has definitely happened, you’re definitely lying.

you claim they are not feasible, but we know people do get paid through them, so you’re just lying.

you recognize two well known cases where copyright is not necessary to get paid. I don’t think there is even an argument at this point. have a nice day.

I didn’t say that. you’re making a leap of logic

on the internet, no one knows you’re a dog. whether I have or not, saying so doesn’t prove it. what I said stands on its own merits and your inability to make an argument without attacking identity speaks to the strength of your argument, your understanding of the subject, and your ability (or willingness) to engage in good faith.