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shockthemonkey posted...

and that is not how its generally used.

if you read a lot, then you'll see that words are generally used to their full potential. books are like the ultra instinct of word play

shockthemonkey posted...

Do you understand how this is still the free market at work?

It's not. True free market would not have anything other than the consumer governing what is and is not acceptable. Patreon running it's fingers through the hair of content creators and then yanking them out prematurely is akin to governmental bodies providing bailouts - in this case it's providing bailouts to the ideas they see as acceptable since "bad ideas" are gone and now the ratio of good:bad is lessened.

It's like a weed dealer who won't sell Purple Stank because they hate the way it sounds. Sure, yeah, it was their most popular weed, but the dealer didn't like it. In a true free market situation, the dealer would have had a slew of weed available and would have only cut out strains when they are no longer profitable. Free market is governed by green, not pink (cus you're brain is pink)

Or I guess think of it like evolution - when all of the birds and shit were learning to fly, for all we know there was a helicopter bird. Turns out that wing birds were better for whatever it is that birds do, so they survived more than the helicopter birds. In the case of Patreon, it would be like all of the old birds were like "fuck you, helicopter birds. We wingy boys now" despite the fact that helicopters are much cooler than stupid fucking birds.

Or, take technology for an example - Camera on your phone?? Say whaaaat?!? We might not have had this is corporations decided, "Hey, we want you making phone calls, not capturing memories. No cameras!" instead of letting popularity decide. Free market is all about shooting the best selfies and posting them on instagram with ya boys.

If it was no longer economically viable to keep these dudes on Patreon, then it'd be trimming the fat by getting rid of them. If they're banning them just cus "muh feelings" then it's not a true free market situation. You don't alter the flow of a river and call it natural.
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