I guess I'm here to defend Dream because it's the first time I see a content creator do something to donate to LGBTQ+ charities and people hating on them for it.
First off, let's get some facts right about things Dream had said before the pride merch announcement:
He is aware of rainbow capitalism and wasn't sure about doing this kind of merch because he didn't want people to believe he was using the LGBTQ+ community for profit.
He said that he would consider doing it if, and only if, his LGBTQ+ fans really wanted it.
In other words, he is doing it because his fans basically begged him to do it. And in exchange, he will be donating 10% of the revenue to charity.
Now, a lot of people are mad that "it's only 10%" and "he will keep 90%". That's just wrong. That's not what revenue means (google the difference between revenue and profit, at least) and that's not how businesses work, not in this case. The company Dream uses to make his merch is his own company, that means it's probably self-run and self-financed. Do you know how hard is that? Even if he makes millions, it's incredibly difficult to keep afloat, even more than normal nowdays because of the pandemic. So right now, almost all of the money he makes from merch goes back to the company to pay for production costs, pay business taxes, pay his workers a fair wage (and he puts a lot of emphasis in being ethical), etc. In other words, 10% is a lot and most likely all the profit he would usually make (though I'd dare to say he makes even less than that).
If he gave more of the revenue, he would have to get cheaper worse-quality materials, not pay his workers or operate at loss. None of those are a viable options... and you want him to give 100%? Get out of here and read a book. 10% is something. It can help more than you think. So tell me, how much are you donating?
Hate and be critical of capitalism all you want, but to start calling names and making Dream seem like this awful anti-gay person is too much. All he is doing is making MERCH for his FANS with his INDEPENDENT company and DONATING the profits to charity for LGBTQ+ Youth (+ he's also giving all the money he makes while streaming this month).
He isn't profiting off of this. Stop being weird and focus your energy into real problems (like the actually large companies that control media that cause real harm while dressing in rainbow colors).
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