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I admire their politics, but...
I admire their politics, and in particular George Monbiot, so I'm just earnestly wondering: what is the deal with all the cash they are making (about 36K per a month, according to their own Patreon account). It seems all their output is just people talking on camera, offering their personal (and typically informed and interesting) opinions. There has been about 10 such videos made over the last month. So, they're averaging about 3,500 US$ budget per each video, none of which looks like it would have any real cost associated with it (there's no fancy graphics and they're just hosted on Youtube). Thus, I'm just wondering: what is all the cash being spent on? George Monbiot (admirably) lists his income on his website, but I see nothing listed in his most recent updates about DoubleDown at all. So, again, I am wondering: where is the money being spent? It's a pity the DD website is not more transparent about this issue. If they were merely a total start up, I wouldn't have any qualms (just yet), but they've been on the block long enough to at least begin to address these sorts of issues, which are absolutely key, in my opinion.