As a soldier myself, I respect what you have done for your country. And as a non-English speaker myself, I would have found it difficult to sympathize with this text a few years ago, having difficulty understanding why the Americans complain so much about everything ;) However the more and more I learn about America the more I have come to sympathize with viewpoints like this after hearing about their everyday problems. Of the pornography artists that use Patreon that I know, a disproportionate amount of them are LGBTQ (I suspect it is a form of escapism), and it no longer surprises me at all that they are worried this will disproportionately harm them with the threat of homelessness. Many of them are young and cannot afford medical treatments for mental diseases (which are increasing in America), and while the difficulty of getting a job is already quite difficult, getting one and keeping it with untreated ADHD is even harder. For these friends, drawing pornography is not only the a way of expressing themselves and their identity but also the only way to avoid staying off the streets.
I might have also said "suck it up, get a job" to my friends a few years ago, but after knowing several of them with ADHD and other problems who cannot afford meds I can no longer say that. The American system is cold and unfeeling and would grind young people like this into dust if they had no other outlet. Patreon gave them an opportunity to put food on their plates and live under a roof, and now it is being taken away. I would be scared for my livelyhood.
I might have also said "suck it up, get a job" to my friends a few years ago, but after knowing several of them with ADHD and other problems who cannot afford meds I can no longer say that. The American system is cold and unfeeling and would grind young people like this into dust if they had no other outlet. Patreon gave them an opportunity to put food on their plates and live under a roof, and now it is being taken away. I would be scared for my livelyhood.