Class Consciousness on Content Creators
I don’t get why class consciousness goes out the window when it comes to content creators, specifically streamers (and especially vtubers). You have people at the top still engaging in predatory practices to suck money from anyone who they can get their hands on when they are far past the need for any additional money to live a very comfortable life. These fuckers do not need another 30 day subathon where they’re asleep for half of it and stare at the screen saying “Thanks for the X donation, Y!” “Wow! So many gift subs!” -a -a-h blah blah blah while they have a life that is far better and more privileged than any of the people who are giving them money out of their own paychecks. Yet they keep asking and begging for more and more and more. After a certain point you should be closing down all venues for people to directly give you money. You do not need it. You are preying on people. You do not need another thousands upon thousands while already living in a fully paid for house where-ever you want and enough money to be invested to carry you over for the rest of your life. Even adding in more money for big projects and all that shit these people far far far exceed the reasonable cap in the income that they would need. Vtubers waste literal tens of thousands of fucking dollars (look up how much the top artists and riggers charge for models) on models they will sometimes use for one fucking day, in total. It’s disrespectful to everyone who worked on it and just a blatant waste of money. Some will do this dozens and dozens of times. If you see these creators, do not give them money, do not watch them and support their practices. All these people are just more palatable startup CEOs to gen z and alpha. They have the same level of decency and financial sense. Don’t let them fool you into thinking oh they act nice, they must be a good person. The class war is here, was here, and always will be here, and they are on the other side of it.