Marc Andreesen owns Substack and he's based AF. If Stripe pulls this shit, there's a good chance he'll make them regret it. They have to know that. *fingers and toes crossed*
This is an underrated factor. I don't want to get too white pill but there is a fair amount of overlap between the intelligent and the based. In fact one could argue that it's an inevitable progression. Obviously I wouldn't put myself on that level but I am a hyper-pragmatist which I think leads to based-ness. (It's also the reason why I'm politically indie.) I would imagine these really smart types are pragmatic as well. Now combine with the "Art of War" comment from Daniel.
Bitcoin helps with this. I will talk to my connections on how to get him set up with Podcasting 2.0 features (like receiving BTC directly through boosts/donations) as an additional revenue stream.
This is hitting the nail right on the head! You put it beautifully in writing. Thank you for being there for Josh and seeing through the wool pulled over everyone’s eyes by mainstream woke propaganda. We all should be so aware!
All I can do is pray that some how, somewhere, everyone is going to have to look at what is happening and defend themselves from the thought police writing the narrative these days.
But prayers won’t pay the bills and hope won’t cash in our our right to freedom.
A kid from the neighborhood I grew up in joined the military and died in Iraq. I think about him a lot. He didn't give his life so Big Tech Woke morons could decide who's allowed to speak freely in the United States of America.
I'm already subscribed to Josh's Substack because I was aware that Patreon can be just as bad as all the other woke outfits. I wish I'd had the foresight to warn Josh that Patreon is a scurrilous actor against freedom of speech. You Tube will freeze him out next, no doubt.
I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb in guessing that none of the woke crowd has ever read "The Art of War."
Never corner your adversary. They're cornering a lot of good people, but even good people have their limits. It is inevitable that if adults do not soon get this under control, one of these good people will go kinetic.
I agree with this. It’s the opposite of the reason gay marriage succeeded. You would think people would take a page from success. The TRA stuff should be called “how not to win a revolution.”
Or they'll simply do it to a *not* good person. And then wonder what happened.
I do wonder about the "recent" (to a 46 year old) insanity on the TRA front, though. If I was *trying* to set up a situation to get trans people murdered on a society wide scale, I'm not sure what I'd do differently than what they're doing themselves.
Anyway to give him a one time donation? I hate the holidays for 10+ years now, here is just another layer of dislike bordering on hate. I was hoping the I would be gaga when this shit started, no such luck.
I also want to alert you that paypal is the same way. I am trying to figure out who to use. My credit cards are now methods of supporting alternative voices. For now. Everyone, start stocking up on necessities, NOW. What do you need to survive.
Yes. Everyone I know who is non-woke, including Josh, knows to empty their PayPal accounts regularly. Don't leave money sitting there. You never know when the ban hammer is coming.
"It’s the very same psychology, the same tactics, applied at scale."
This. THIS is why I rage-nuked my entire Patreon account yesterday.
I'd been supporting creators on Patreon since 2018, but the biting irony of a tech platform using finances & “morality” as metaphorical cudgels to punish, menace, shame and scare the same way my family does - against the person who provided me with a starting point to effectively begin defending against those tactics - I was absolutely steamed.
99% of my total support-budget is now going to Disaffected so I hope Patreon's staff is happy with themselves. The other creators I was supporting are largely self-sustaining at this point so I’m not guilty or worried about having hopped over to SubscribeStar to make that happen!
IF YOU’RE HAVING TROUBLE FIGURING OUT HOW TO CANCEL PATREON:
Canceling/disabling your Patreon account used to be a two click process. As their wankerdom has increased, so has the number of steps needed to fully cancel. The list of steps above should do just that for anyone struggling to find them on Patreon’s purposefully horrendously designed site.
Here are the Disaffected SubcribeStar & Substack links again for the deep-scroller’s convenience:
Dec 16, 2022·edited Dec 16, 2022Liked by Holly MathNerd
I wish there were a handbook or other canon resource specifically for "dissident" (not a fan of that word, it's cringey) content creators that describe how to navigate the content monetization sphere. It's probably because I'm very online but I wasn't aware that people weren't more aware about Patreon. I supported Lauren Southern on Patreon when they booted her in 2017 or whenever, and sad to say I tapered off my support to other content creators solely because I didn't want Patreon to have a cut.
Perhaps people weren't paying attention because it was so niche but now that it's explicitly (not the Patreon wasn't explicit) a threat there ought to be something akin to automatically getting ads and flyers in the mail when you establish a new address. Something like a Simpsons pamphlet: "so you've decided to be dissident content creator..." Unfortunately I have no idea how you would standardize and promote something like this though.
Interesting. How would one target this? The redpill old-timers know the game but there are a lot of newly-redpilled in the last couple years and they need a primer.
Also for supporting via subscriptions, Substack allows most accounts charge in bitcoin instead of via CC. Stripe doesn’t collect their share so the site owner gets the full amount. Downside, is it’s impossible to setup a re-occurring subscription- the buyer has to send the funds each month.
A good alternative to Paypal/Venmo/Cash is Strike. It uses usernames similar to Venmo or Cash App. You can send and receive USD and Bitcoin. Also a good way to buy or sell Bitcoin.
Tipybit is a cool service too. They hold the Bitcoin until you manually move it off. It can be setup as a ghetto subscription/membership type site.
I wish I had even the slightest bit of faith that the Feds won't continue their efforts to strangle crypto, and eventually be successful. I do realize that I am naturally melancholic and pessimistic, but still. This seems like one they're going to go after, and hard. They *hate* not controlling everything.
They’re more likely to succeed with “crypto” over bitcoin. Crypto assets are typically far more centralized, their supply can be inflated, they lack the ample hardware and software platforms bitcoin have.
The feds are looking to treat them as unregistered securities, which in many ways they are. Bitcoin has already been designed “property” and is treated accordingly by the IRS and SEC.
Bitcoin on the other hand is decentralized, users can spend or store the bitcoins (and “sats” the “cent” equivalent) on anything from a hot software wallet to a cold offline long term storage wallet.
I hope you are correct. I fear you are not. The feds could do a lot (IMO) to reduce the utility of all ccys via stringent KYC laws and similar regulations. Maybe some of the recent ZK work can counteract that, but I still think the legal equivalent of the rubber hose attack is more likely to come out on top. And I see it as an extension of the general crypto UX problem that's plagued widespread adoption of things ever since Phil wrote the first version of PGP. All they have to do is pass enough laws to simply make it inconvenient, and 99% of people won't bother.
But as I say, I tend towards the melancholic and pessimistic.
And this is why I refuse to subscribe to anyone's Patreon, because this crap has been going on for quite a while now already. I don't want to give them even the slightest cut.
I joked with a friend that Elon Musk's next move should be to buy PayPal *back*. Mostly because I like to imagine the screams. Yes, I know I'm a bad person. ;)
Thanks for this and thanks again for introducing me to Josh Slocum. Crazy to see payment platforms/apps so blatantly shutting down conscientious, informed, thoughtful conversation and education. It is truly evil and spreading like a cancer along with the frightening mindset that unites those who want to impose their utopian, clown world "solutions" on the whole planet.
When i see that the smart, thoughtful people that I seem to have found and gravitated towards over the past few years have also found each other, I am white pilled for the holidays and hopeful for the future. Great to see people from very different backgrounds (true diversity), converge over a shared critical understanding(not THAT "Critical") of our challenges as humans trying to move forward in a crazy world. Thanks for being a part of, and supporting, this approach. I am one of many "outside" of this network, but trying in my own corner of the world to expand it and provide a bridge for others to plug in and reorient in a very disorienting world.
❤️❤️❤️
Marc Andreesen owns Substack and he's based AF. If Stripe pulls this shit, there's a good chance he'll make them regret it. They have to know that. *fingers and toes crossed*
This is an underrated factor. I don't want to get too white pill but there is a fair amount of overlap between the intelligent and the based. In fact one could argue that it's an inevitable progression. Obviously I wouldn't put myself on that level but I am a hyper-pragmatist which I think leads to based-ness. (It's also the reason why I'm politically indie.) I would imagine these really smart types are pragmatic as well. Now combine with the "Art of War" comment from Daniel.
Bitcoin helps with this. I will talk to my connections on how to get him set up with Podcasting 2.0 features (like receiving BTC directly through boosts/donations) as an additional revenue stream.
Thank you. His direct email is us at disaffected dot fm.
Thanks for posting this. I just switched over to SubscribeStar.
What a ridiculous world.
Thank you!!
This is hitting the nail right on the head! You put it beautifully in writing. Thank you for being there for Josh and seeing through the wool pulled over everyone’s eyes by mainstream woke propaganda. We all should be so aware!
All I can do is pray that some how, somewhere, everyone is going to have to look at what is happening and defend themselves from the thought police writing the narrative these days.
But prayers won’t pay the bills and hope won’t cash in our our right to freedom.
A kid from the neighborhood I grew up in joined the military and died in Iraq. I think about him a lot. He didn't give his life so Big Tech Woke morons could decide who's allowed to speak freely in the United States of America.
I'm already subscribed to Josh's Substack because I was aware that Patreon can be just as bad as all the other woke outfits. I wish I'd had the foresight to warn Josh that Patreon is a scurrilous actor against freedom of speech. You Tube will freeze him out next, no doubt.
I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb in guessing that none of the woke crowd has ever read "The Art of War."
Never corner your adversary. They're cornering a lot of good people, but even good people have their limits. It is inevitable that if adults do not soon get this under control, one of these good people will go kinetic.
I agree with this. It’s the opposite of the reason gay marriage succeeded. You would think people would take a page from success. The TRA stuff should be called “how not to win a revolution.”
Would you elaborate on these thoughts, not sure I understand.
Or they'll simply do it to a *not* good person. And then wonder what happened.
I do wonder about the "recent" (to a 46 year old) insanity on the TRA front, though. If I was *trying* to set up a situation to get trans people murdered on a society wide scale, I'm not sure what I'd do differently than what they're doing themselves.
Anyway to give him a one time donation? I hate the holidays for 10+ years now, here is just another layer of dislike bordering on hate. I was hoping the I would be gaga when this shit started, no such luck.
Yep. You can paypal him us at disaffected dot fm. Thank you!!
I also want to alert you that paypal is the same way. I am trying to figure out who to use. My credit cards are now methods of supporting alternative voices. For now. Everyone, start stocking up on necessities, NOW. What do you need to survive.
Yes. Everyone I know who is non-woke, including Josh, knows to empty their PayPal accounts regularly. Don't leave money sitting there. You never know when the ban hammer is coming.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=u7v3Mrd9IIM&feature=shares
"It’s the very same psychology, the same tactics, applied at scale."
This. THIS is why I rage-nuked my entire Patreon account yesterday.
I'd been supporting creators on Patreon since 2018, but the biting irony of a tech platform using finances & “morality” as metaphorical cudgels to punish, menace, shame and scare the same way my family does - against the person who provided me with a starting point to effectively begin defending against those tactics - I was absolutely steamed.
99% of my total support-budget is now going to Disaffected so I hope Patreon's staff is happy with themselves. The other creators I was supporting are largely self-sustaining at this point so I’m not guilty or worried about having hopped over to SubscribeStar to make that happen!
IF YOU’RE HAVING TROUBLE FIGURING OUT HOW TO CANCEL PATREON:
https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/204605915-Delete-my-Patreon-account
Canceling/disabling your Patreon account used to be a two click process. As their wankerdom has increased, so has the number of steps needed to fully cancel. The list of steps above should do just that for anyone struggling to find them on Patreon’s purposefully horrendously designed site.
Here are the Disaffected SubcribeStar & Substack links again for the deep-scroller’s convenience:
https://www.subscribestar.com/disaffected
https://disaffectedpod.substack.com/
❤️❤️❤️
I wish there were a handbook or other canon resource specifically for "dissident" (not a fan of that word, it's cringey) content creators that describe how to navigate the content monetization sphere. It's probably because I'm very online but I wasn't aware that people weren't more aware about Patreon. I supported Lauren Southern on Patreon when they booted her in 2017 or whenever, and sad to say I tapered off my support to other content creators solely because I didn't want Patreon to have a cut.
Perhaps people weren't paying attention because it was so niche but now that it's explicitly (not the Patreon wasn't explicit) a threat there ought to be something akin to automatically getting ads and flyers in the mail when you establish a new address. Something like a Simpsons pamphlet: "so you've decided to be dissident content creator..." Unfortunately I have no idea how you would standardize and promote something like this though.
Try this book, “Unassailable”
https://axisofeasy.com/aoe/the-missing-manual-for-defending-yourself-against-deplatforming-and-cancel-culture/
Interesting. How would one target this? The redpill old-timers know the game but there are a lot of newly-redpilled in the last couple years and they need a primer.
Seconding Gulagbro RE bitcoin.
The “Podcasting 2.0” apps have a good future.
Also for supporting via subscriptions, Substack allows most accounts charge in bitcoin instead of via CC. Stripe doesn’t collect their share so the site owner gets the full amount. Downside, is it’s impossible to setup a re-occurring subscription- the buyer has to send the funds each month.
A good alternative to Paypal/Venmo/Cash is Strike. It uses usernames similar to Venmo or Cash App. You can send and receive USD and Bitcoin. Also a good way to buy or sell Bitcoin.
Tipybit is a cool service too. They hold the Bitcoin until you manually move it off. It can be setup as a ghetto subscription/membership type site.
https://tipybit.com/greenleapforward
I wish I had even the slightest bit of faith that the Feds won't continue their efforts to strangle crypto, and eventually be successful. I do realize that I am naturally melancholic and pessimistic, but still. This seems like one they're going to go after, and hard. They *hate* not controlling everything.
They’re more likely to succeed with “crypto” over bitcoin. Crypto assets are typically far more centralized, their supply can be inflated, they lack the ample hardware and software platforms bitcoin have.
The feds are looking to treat them as unregistered securities, which in many ways they are. Bitcoin has already been designed “property” and is treated accordingly by the IRS and SEC.
Bitcoin on the other hand is decentralized, users can spend or store the bitcoins (and “sats” the “cent” equivalent) on anything from a hot software wallet to a cold offline long term storage wallet.
I hope you are correct. I fear you are not. The feds could do a lot (IMO) to reduce the utility of all ccys via stringent KYC laws and similar regulations. Maybe some of the recent ZK work can counteract that, but I still think the legal equivalent of the rubber hose attack is more likely to come out on top. And I see it as an extension of the general crypto UX problem that's plagued widespread adoption of things ever since Phil wrote the first version of PGP. All they have to do is pass enough laws to simply make it inconvenient, and 99% of people won't bother.
But as I say, I tend towards the melancholic and pessimistic.
"The glass is half full... of urine."
Unfortunately, I expected the time would probably come. Patreon is such a bad actor. Still devastating. I wish Josh the best. He is an absolute gem.
As far as what twelve year olds can consent to, they are pushing to lower the age requirement of MAiD to twelve. Canada is fucking evil.
And this is why I refuse to subscribe to anyone's Patreon, because this crap has been going on for quite a while now already. I don't want to give them even the slightest cut.
I joked with a friend that Elon Musk's next move should be to buy PayPal *back*. Mostly because I like to imagine the screams. Yes, I know I'm a bad person. ;)
Thanks Holly,
Great piece. I added Josh's Disaffected to my podcast list and started listening. Good stuff. Helps understand the nutty dynamics of everyday life.
Merry Christmas Holly.
Thanks for this and thanks again for introducing me to Josh Slocum. Crazy to see payment platforms/apps so blatantly shutting down conscientious, informed, thoughtful conversation and education. It is truly evil and spreading like a cancer along with the frightening mindset that unites those who want to impose their utopian, clown world "solutions" on the whole planet.
When i see that the smart, thoughtful people that I seem to have found and gravitated towards over the past few years have also found each other, I am white pilled for the holidays and hopeful for the future. Great to see people from very different backgrounds (true diversity), converge over a shared critical understanding(not THAT "Critical") of our challenges as humans trying to move forward in a crazy world. Thanks for being a part of, and supporting, this approach. I am one of many "outside" of this network, but trying in my own corner of the world to expand it and provide a bridge for others to plug in and reorient in a very disorienting world.