el3so wrote:Kurt wrote: The problem is the fanbois are often broke-ass motherfuckers and one has to be clever to get that Dipshit money flowing into your pockets.
He still has chumps fund him via his Lawsuit against the SPLC, which is done by an LLC he founded that promises a "portion" of the money will go to his own, or others defense. Now the site goes to twitter, I have the details somewhere of LLC tracing.
Pyramid schemes, histrionics and tax-exemption. It worked for televangelists, it will continue to work for other fraudsters.
I was doing a bit of research last night. You know how those Alternate History books about like "What if Hitler Won?" or "What if Lincoln Did Not Get Shot?" I was thinking of "What if Tilden Won Instead of Hayes" For those of you who do not know, Samuel Tilden beat Rutherford B. Hays in the popular vote and would have beat him in the Electoral Vote as well had not the Southern States said "We will vote for whomever vows to end the Reconstruction" Tilden said "Fuck you traitors!" and Hays said "Fuck You Traitors! But lets discuss this further. And by Discuss I mean, I will do whatever you say"
So the Military occupation ended, General Sherman's land reforms were reversed (Sherman gave plantations to the former slaves, not because he was all about Civil Rights but because he did not want the slave owning class to get wealthy and rise up again) and poof, Institutionalized racism without slavery. 150 years later we have race riots and an actual debate on if the great great great grandchildren of former slaves have lives that matter the same as whites.
In looking at this I read about Confederates who fled to places where slavery was still legal. The only ones that survived were the ones in Brazil, but non of them could afford to own slaves when they arrived so they pretty much just became Brazilians. But there were other groups too. Most got sold shit land by hucksters and were left to die in malarial swamps. Others invested money in "Plantations" in slave owning countries hoping to profit off of cheap labor, but it was really just guys taking their money.
There are a lot of "Lost Cause Confederate" movements that were started by grifters promising a return to the Old South. The Klan was and still is a Multi-Level Marketing scheme with those at the top raking in the cash while the crackers below pay dues up the chain while taking the fall everytime the Feds decide to smash some cracker skulls.
Profit is always made from the losers and the Civil War has been 150 years of losers preying on losers who want "Their Way of Life" preserved. Most often their "Way of Life" is total shit too, ...Wow, Billy Buck, you mean we can go broke while getting sick WHILE having low paying jobs and watch lives get pissed away by Oxy addiction and Fentanyl! At least we have God & Guns.
If visiting the US you will sometimes hear people brag about their "Hospitality" but that is only in places with terrible hospitality. The best thing they have to brag about is still really shitty..."Wow, I get overly sweetened iced tea AND get to hear about your bizarre theories on race? That IS hospitality!"