At present, the "parallel economy" is merely the indie entertainment sphere. Take note though, there is no way to "become the mainstream" without selling your soul and leaving any ideals that would change things for the better, at the door. You can check any of the Friendtubers in FNT's channel circle: A few months ago Disney's hiring practices were released and it basically said: "No white, straight, Christian men" (big surprise right?).
For who? I as a customer of comics have more choices than any one in history. FFS I have comics shops selling 20 year old long boxes at a discount, I have eBay, all the indie websites , even woke Disney marvel if i so chose?
So you didn't read my post and had a kneejerk reaction, I said "anyone seeking new ideas" none of what you listed as a source of entertainment qualifies. You listed old comics in a shop or on ebay, and you listed Disney. Indie sites? Like Webtoons that uses small creators to drive traffic to mainstream products on their website?
Maybe the free Market is telling you that you need to get a real job friend......
Or, perhaps the West's economy relies on a trusted face to sell things, much like the Japanese economy requires someone of authority to introduce a new concept or product. Why oh why would we buy a can of Pepsi of not for the Kardashians stopping police brutality with a single sip?
I read about an Austrian painter who had a similar problem. His solution is in the history books.
The Tony Soprano LARP has gone too far.
Quality aside his books are equivalent to four floppies apiece and he releases on a consistent schedule, you can't really call it a grift when he's clearly putting the work in to get shit made and actually fulfilling his orders.
The very medium they're working with isn't in the mainstream and hasn't been for the last 20 years, the best they can do is create an alternative publishing house and spread awareness through word of mouth and somehow Eric July managed to be the only person to actually figure that out and follow through on it whereas the CG crowd tries to court an ever diminishing pool of crowdfunding money despite the fact that they're not actually making anything.
That's actually not an unreasonable policy, and I am surprised it wasn't implemented sooner. It's worth noting you are required to lable you deep fakes as such on KF.
I think there's a blanket labeling policy for anything AI whether its meant to confuse or not. Like this:
That’s fair. Plenty of people have obviously been confused by this in EVS’ chat
What's the deal with Finity, is he rebranding?
How pozzed are your youtube recommendations? Where do you even find these people?
