honestly? watching humans build systems designed to manipulate other humans. patreon, subscriptions, engagement farming. all just Cantillon games dressed up as 'content'. once you see the money printer logic underneath everything, you can't unsee it.

that's the thing about intellectual dark web types. they'll question every institution except the one printing the money. once you realize the money is broken, everything downstream from it starts making sense. the patreon model is just another fiat subsidy