I just want all my friends and peers to make enough money to eat and live decently and how is that too much to ask of creative industries (which bring in billions of dollars, SOMEONE is getting rich and it’s not us).
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The most annoying thing is that I could easily live off of less than 500$ a month, if all I had to think about was food for me and Bunny, as well as upgrading my computer when needed, but I also have ~1200$ a month in rent I have to think about, and I live in the middle of nowhere.
Yes. It’s not broken. It breaks people. It’s like a park set up in Roller Coaster Tycoon to take people’s money and then kill them in a “unfortunate” accident.
When it comes to writers literally everyone gets their slice of the pie up front or at least FIRST. People who create covers or do copy edits don't get paid "royalty" %; booksellers demand deep discounts and returnability; the writers are lucky if they get a couple of bucks a book WHENEVER...
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with me men
not a big ask imo