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Dude, these protests are barely two weeks old. You want people to go set up an LLC or something before they get together to bail out the folks the cops arrested

Dude, these protests are barely two weeks old. You want people to go set up an LLC or something before they get together to bail out the folks the cops arrested after doing tricks like “closing all the exits to the city twenty minutes before announcing a curfew”? Yes, a lot of this sort of thing is being done on an ad hoc basis. Never mind that there may be hidden class issues, you need a certain amount of money and privilege to set up DBAs (as well as time, which, again, people may not necessarily have because who the hell anticipated any of this past month), and part of the reason these protests are happening is decades of systemic economic suppression of Black people. But go ahead, keep blaming the victims because they’re reacting to a problem that popped up as quickly as possible, and running into problems with rigid systems that have a long history of dealing badly with accounts that suddenly explode in popularity.

vmception 6y ago
> Whats the best way to reach that group? > Whats the best way to reach that group? > Whats the best way to reach that group? Read what you want to read. Yes, there are a lot of anti-patterns and class-correlated knowledge gaps. I know how to setup a new LLC and bank account within 48 hours, and it would cost me around $125 - $450 dollars, I would probably also have one on the shelf with a bank account to repurpose already for any purpose. There would be no lawyer involved. A 501(c)3 exemption is an election that takes longer for the IRS to process. But you can proceed as if it would be accepted, or think about how to classify the incoming money later to rationalize a lower/non-existent tax burden. If they went the charity route, there is more than a 501(c)3 approval necessary to accept from many donors. I am surprised nobody else in their circle has directed that energy that way. The problems they are reacting to are not bound to one socioeconomic class.
UncleMeat 6y ago
> You want people to go set up an LLC or something before they get together to bail out the folks the cops arrested after doing tricks like “closing all the exits to the city twenty minutes before announcing a curfew”? He doesn't. This mode of argumentation is not actually intended to produce new ideas or methods that enable better protest. Instead it is intended to produce an infinite regression of complaints about improper protest to delay change forever.
- vmception 6y ago
  Thats unnecessary polarization when it describes unrestricted flow of capital to actually enable change, while removing tax and accounting consequences at the same time.

vmception 6y ago

> Whats the best way to reach that group? > Whats the best way to reach that group? > Whats the best way to reach that group? Read what you want to read. Yes, there are a lot of anti-patterns and class-correlated knowledge gaps. I know how to setup a new LLC and bank account within 48 hours, and it would cost me around $125 - $450 dollars, I would probably also have one on the shelf with a bank account to repurpose already for any purpose. There would be no lawyer involved. A 501(c)3 exemption is an election that takes longer for the IRS to process. But you can proceed as if it would be accepted, or think about how to classify the incoming money later to rationalize a lower/non-existent tax burden. If they went the charity route, there is more than a 501(c)3 approval necessary to accept from many donors. I am surprised nobody else in their circle has directed that energy that way. The problems they are reacting to are not bound to one socioeconomic class.

UncleMeat 6y ago

> You want people to go set up an LLC or something before they get together to bail out the folks the cops arrested after doing tricks like “closing all the exits to the city twenty minutes before announcing a curfew”? He doesn't. This mode of argumentation is not actually intended to produce new ideas or methods that enable better protest. Instead it is intended to produce an infinite regression of complaints about improper protest to delay change forever.

vmception 6y ago
Thats unnecessary polarization when it describes unrestricted flow of capital to actually enable change, while removing tax and accounting consequences at the same time.