Tell someone you're an artist, and they'll advise you to get a "real job." Tell them you're building a tech platform to extract value from artists, and they'll ask for your pitch deck.
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"What they add to this is persecution".
That is a big addition.
An NSA tech I knew told me my mailing list was being monitored after 9/11, and suggested I tone it down.
Today? I'm certain I, you, and everyone who's ever posted on social media, have a score in a database maintained by the Nazis -- and they'll work their way down the list as quickly as they can.
It won't be *that* fast. Too many powerful families split across the liberal/conservative divide. Too many armed people who'll take action if they and theirs are threatened.
But it's coming.
Also going after services for the homeless, minority businesses, and community development.
The cruelty is the point.