It clearly doesn't, because it is biting them in the ass now.
I suspect that the social justice enforcement officers at Patreon are calling the shots, and the people making decisions about the business are powerless to oppose because their jobs are on the line.
It's all about virtue signalling. They're signalling the wrong virtues though. If they don't fix their internal culture they'll run themselves into the ground soon enough.
We aren't but you all acting like snowflakes over DVs is absurd, and you're replying to a 25-day old account. I don't give a shit at all about this drama; my preference is that you contain your meltdowns to reddit.
Patreon is for content creators of any kind, Harris was one of the top 10 or so Patreon earners, and probably got most of his income through that route. You should not dismiss what happened so readily because you do not like conservatives. The guy that was booted was banned because 10 months ago, in another platform, he used the N* word, in a satirical way, while mocking the alt-right. That Patreon banned him for that is a very scary sign that we are moving towards a world where speech is controlled by un-elected, unaccountable organizations. It is foolish to think this is OK, just because one happens to not be a fan of the politics of the people being banned at the moment.
I wonder if you've even consumed much or any of his works because Sam Harris has released plenty of literary and audio works of various kind where he espouses enlightenment values of liberty, tolerance, not lying, etc.
He has on more than one occasion talked or written about buddhism and how that line of thinking is far more beneficial to mankind than say islamic or christian fundamentalism.
He seems to be also ferociously anti trump for what it's worth. He doesn't seem to be anywhere near right wing in almost any political issue as far as I can tell. He seems to be against authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism, theocracy, political correctness, extremism left or right, etc, etc.
Alas, he seems to be often smeared by (radical) leftist types because, I'm not actually sure why. Perhaps his critics just can't process what is being said by the author and are always looking at angles and motivations that just aren't there or have decided that they know the motivation better than the author.
Spoilers: I gave him a dollar on his website, once, to get the exclusive content in perpetuity.
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 45.3 ms ] threadOr collateral damage in the glorious Social Justice War?
I suspect that the social justice enforcement officers at Patreon are calling the shots, and the people making decisions about the business are powerless to oppose because their jobs are on the line.
It's all about virtue signalling. They're signalling the wrong virtues though. If they don't fix their internal culture they'll run themselves into the ground soon enough.
edit: also note top comment in this thread is flagged, whatever that means in these days.
What was he on there for, anyway? Or them? Isn't that for supporting artists?
He has on more than one occasion talked or written about buddhism and how that line of thinking is far more beneficial to mankind than say islamic or christian fundamentalism.
He seems to be also ferociously anti trump for what it's worth. He doesn't seem to be anywhere near right wing in almost any political issue as far as I can tell. He seems to be against authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism, theocracy, political correctness, extremism left or right, etc, etc.
Alas, he seems to be often smeared by (radical) leftist types because, I'm not actually sure why. Perhaps his critics just can't process what is being said by the author and are always looking at angles and motivations that just aren't there or have decided that they know the motivation better than the author.
Spoilers: I gave him a dollar on his website, once, to get the exclusive content in perpetuity.