I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
You made it, you own it
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
Mainstream institutions (particularly lines of communication, media, etc.) are exceptionally Fragile. The future is with SubStack & related outlets that distribute information & devolve powers & influence away from central outlets & organizations. Those that continue said 'Old Ways' will be corrupted by Special Interests, Foreigners, Donors, Lobbyists & other 'Moneyed' Interests.
In the Meantime, 'Small' is the New Big, & I wish you, Good Sir, All the Very Best!
One problem with Substack is Stripe. Stripe is currently requiring that I provide them full access to all of my bank account records- present and historic- or they will shut off all revenue from Substack. This is over the top not acceptable, and I have taken legal action.
I’m crossing my fingers that your legal action will succeed. How can Substack justify this violation of privacy and sovereignty? Substack needs to provide a different method of collecting our payments and making the funds available to you. Please write an article about this problem, and please let your readers know who we can contact to protest this travesty.
So glad to hear that! My prayers are with you in this and all other efforts. This is a crucially important case, and once again, I'm deeply grateful to you for putting in all of your and Jill's deeply intelligent thoughtfulness and effort, and demonstrating that you are both still standing! Bret Weinstein couldn't have said it better when he said there's a Dream Team working on behalf of all of humanity.