I may have misread something, and everything you just posted makes sense to me.
I do think there’s a difference between stupid behavior and stupid people. Smart people can engage in stupid behaviors.
In this case, I think the smart folks there acted severely stupidly in part because they have confused themselves in how they talk all the time about all these creators just putting out value into the world and patrons fund them etc. while they really are about restricting some of that value and putting a paywall… well, you got my point. My point now is that when you confuse yourself because your reality and your public messaging are out of alignment, it can make it hard for you to see things clearly and leave you liable to stupidity.
