Tim Pool is, hands down, one of my favorite content creators on YouTube/Bitchute and other alt tech platforms. I respect the long hours and sacrifices he has put in to get to where he is. It takes talent and tenacity to do what he has done, which is, put briefly, a LOT.
That said, I have reason to humbly submit that I am not impressed with Lord Beanie and Company with their recent fit of finger waggling and condescension to their audience members with families to support. It strikes me of reminiscent of the kind of Congressional war hawks they have admonished routinely on their programs and social media accounts; they take their constituents' Superchats money and donations from the Timcast URL (tax dollars and campaign donations) happily enough, then bark at their viewers to do the actual work and take the risks that they do not understand, since they themselves have no family to risk losing the ability to support.
On several occasions, Mr. Pool has joked about getting in his Bugout Van and going to live down by the river, an option not available to the viewers for the most part. I've made a handful of statements and been blacklisted in the publishing industry, and stand by those stances; I work a regular job to pay the bills, and am okay with never making headway as an author, so long as I remain free to tell the stories I wish to tell, in the fashion that I tell them.
It's called calculating the risk, Lord Beanie, and those of us with more to protect and provide for than our personal selves have to do this math, every day. I am armed, and will defend my personal terrain as needed. Beyond that realm, I will use my words. Most of us are of this mindset, because most of us have been screwed by massive, monied interests into the proverbial corner.
So, as much as I respect you guys and the show you produce, I offer a mirror to hold up to you when you ask, 'What the hell are you going to do about it?' Because, Mr. Pool, it seems to me that you folks are the ones with a platform and the resources to actually move toward doing something, while the rest of us just hope to be able to afford the roof over our kids' heads.
-Joshua Calkins-Treworgy
P.S.- I am upset with your naivete and lack of ability to admit that you don't have a frame of reference, but will continue to support your endeavors through word of mouth. Civil people can disagree and still enjoy each other.
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