Even while in the middle of harassing the migrants, the livestreamers could still be heard thanking those who were sending them money via YouTube’s Super Chat function or through other platforms like Venmo and the Christian-aligned crowdfunding site GiveSendGo. In one situation, while Fulfer was shouting at migrants in Arizona telling them to go home, he stopped briefly to call out a supporter who had sent him $50 on Venmo.

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    9 months ago

    There isn’t a solution. Google is greedy and amoral and will allow anything on their platform if they think it will help them increase their revenue.

    I guess the “solution” is to end capitalism. I don’t foresee that happening without society collapsing, so…

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      9 months ago

      Yes, companies make money off products people want rather than those that they don’t.

      I agree the only solution is to end capitalism which is kinda what I was getting at. And I’m fine with the associated societal collapse. Worth it.

      But in the meantime I’m not going to sit here and pretend Google (or any corporation) is specifically the ‘evil bad guy’ when they are just playing within the rules that society has set up for them. As are all the other companies, every single one.

      It’s extremely naive to expect a for-profit business to make decisions that go against their entire point of existence, which is to make money.