Don't build your castle in other people's kingdoms (2021)

The elephant in the room is the size distribution of "other people's kingdoms". Having oversized kingdoms and overbearing kings is not a god-given parameter, its down to regulation, political and economic choices. Its not for nothing that the current digital world has been called neo-feudal. The real solution is to force these kingdoms to build permanently open gates and roadways that connect the land, increase all around traffic and opportunity. Only when people turn from digital vassals to digital citizens…

My counter argument is it can be nearly impossible to build an audience outside of a kingdom. Many popular YouTubers will try and splinter off and create websites where they can monetize better. I'm even subscribed to one of these websites because I really do want to support the Creator, but I still consume almost all of their content on YouTube. YouTube makes it very easy to upload something and for people to consume it. If your video on getting…