A couple weeks I fell into reckless ben's documentary about the crazy mormon cult behind the popular Lego reseller Bricks & Minifigs. I was amazed by the balls that this man has to just fly past the chesterton's fences established by the cronies and police departments. Most leverage against regular people comes from their own ignorance. Their unwillingess to challenge the status quo and the establishment. The second thing that blew my mind was how Ben essentially pproached every obstacle he wen up against the way a hacker would. All he needed to do was find the conditions that produced the outcome he wanted, and then procedurally make those conditions happen. Reckless Ben lives up to his name. He doesnt have huge resources, legitimized credentials, or even hardcore expertise in the fields of law or cult psychology or business. What he has is persistence. He logically understands that his outcome is possible, and pursues it relentlessly. It's a strong case for recklessness, curiosity and persistence being more powerful than even the most powerful friends.
I spent the rest of the week on rotation between Ben's videos, Brandon Buckingham, Tyler Oliveira, and Tommy G. And I grew to respect youtubers even more than I have before.
Recently i made a short trailer for my X account, where I announced my goal to be a creator who posts exclusively on X. From what I've seen, Youtube is one of the msost sinister platforms because it is so useful. They can sneak in censorship, and of course their monopoly over internet video.
However, my X account sucks ass, no one sees my bullshit. And even on a high visibility platform like youtube, the road to independence is extremely difficult. On X, It just may be impossible - at least for now. I'm still not sure. All I know Is when I see what These creators have done over the last few months, I think. I could do that. I could make my rent through patreon. I could do it. But for now, I remain in loserville, just like a lot of these YouTubers - when they started. In the time I've spent weighing the options. Careers rise and fall on youtube. I have a big backlog of stuff that can turn into videos. It's just been a challenge making something I'm happy with - not just releasing for the content cycle. Maybe It's time I changed my strategy again.
stuck as a fool, - che