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Somewhat off‐topic, but I’ve noticed that lately crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular method for studios and individuals alike, coinciding with tipping becoming an almost mandatory practice on behalf of service workers. This correlation is probably far more significant than anybody realizes; it’s as if the upper classes are slowly and subtly outsourcing the task of payment to us.
In the US at least, the normative expectant tip has gone from 15-20% to 20%-30%, even at counter service restaurants and retailers. Like, it's the default on cashier tablets now.
It's feels like just one big unspoken regressive consumption tax, placing the economic burden of society onto the working class while the bourgeoisie continue to profit.