The Bernie Sanders case was one of the most interesting. I didn't quite see my way through the purgatory of events. In hindsight, and after a single exchange of comments with him, I began to suspect that he intended to make a truly great example and was going all out to make sure that the last person got it. That the features of the crypto-based blockchain coupled with blog content and user accounts make it an easy matter to buy in and then dominate the sphere like a jockeying maniac. So I actually found his actions exemplary and therefore impressive, even if I have no idea who the guy was. But in no way can he be accused of hypocrisy, can he? This is what I see as his strongest message: holding up the mirror. Whatever one's opinion of him, I think he had an important role.
Maybe that's why many minds are interested in the becoming of Hive & Co as mainstream, because in the many there are a few more of the few who are considered particularly interesting, both in their thinking and in their forms of expression. I am undecided. I haven't yet found a way for me to achieve a collaboration that is exactly right for me and that makes me happy through a certain continuity, and I suspect I'm just like everyone else a donkey snatching close to the carrot dangling in front of it. LOL
I share the assumption or statement that the truly poignant, interesting and of course most disturbing thoughts and works are to be found off the mainstream. But without the stream, these little side streams wouldn't exist, would they?
My own attempts at shitposting have potentially not achieved such juicy payouts. I must be doing something wrong :D