I think it depends on the content, doesn't it? Some Patreons (using the term loosely; the actual site Patreon itself is left-aligned and should probably be avoided) are essentially like self-publishing a magazine, where the reader is essentially paying a monthly fee for access to articles, or videos, or whatever. Even set ups with less content behind the paywall, where the Patreon is functioning closer to a tip jar with a handful of goodies thrown in, don't bother me if the creator produces regularly. In fact, I think a big problem on the right is a relative lack of patronage. We don't have as many people employed to produce and influence culture as the left does, we haven't over the past six-seven decades, and the results show in the left's dominance, only more recently being challenged and still far from broken, on most mass media cultural fronts. If any right-wing artist/writer/producer can make a living off producing right-wing media, even if they do it through crowdfunding-type systems, I think that's a good thing as long as they do actually produce quality content on a repeated, semi-regular basis.
On the other hand, this guy's Patreon appears to have been last updated in 2023, so yeah, fuck him.
I think it depends on the content, doesn't it? Some Patreons (using the term loosely; the actual site Patreon itself is left-aligned and should probably be avoided) are essentially like self-publishing a magazine, where the reader is essentially paying a monthly fee for access to articles, or videos, or whatever. Even set ups with less content behind the paywall, where the Patreon is functioning closer to a tip jar with a handful of goodies thrown in, don't bother me if the creator produces regularly. In fact, I think a big problem on the right is a relative lack of patronage. We don't have as many people employed to produce and influence culture as the left does, we haven't over the past six-seven decades, and the results show in the left's dominance, only more recently being challenged and still far from broken, on most mass media cultural fronts. If any right-wing artist/writer/producer can make a living off producing right-wing media, even if they do it through crowdfunding-type systems, I think that's a good thing as long as they do actually produce quality content on a repeated, semi-regular basis.
On the other hand, this guy's Patreon appears to have been last updated in 2023, so yeah, fuck him.