>>108645183In the olden days, wealthy people would just pay artists to sit around and be artists. Maybe force them to design a statue or war machines every now and again like the Duke of Milan did to Leonardo de Vinci, but that still gave him plenty of time to loaf around in lady's underwear and devote time to being creative.
Patreon is just a decentralized version of the same system. INstead of relying on one wealthy asshole you can have scores of poorer assholes fund the mad ramblings of a slightly creative person who might every now and again produce something entertaining. Maybe that something is something they couldn't have done while also picking up cashier shifts at a grocery store.
