Angel Studios announced on Wednesday that it had repaid all 6,678 investors who crowdfunded the film’s theatrical debut, plus a promised 20 percent dividend, given the movie’s phenomenal $174 million takings at the box office on a budget of $19 million since being released in early July.
Newsweek previously reported that Fabian Marta, one of the many who helped fund the movie, was arrested in late July and charged with accessory to child kidnapping, according to a Missouri court filing. Marta has denied any wrongdoing and his attorney has said he will plead his innocence in court.
I don’t plan on seeing the film, but this is quite a stretch to get the headline: “One of your 6,678 investors is a piece of shit! GOTCHA!”
I mean aside from Tim Ballard who has been lying about his credentials, or Jim Cavaziel who constantly promotes Qanon bullshit, both are core to the making of this Qanon “satanic panic” movie, there’s plenty of pieces of shit to go around here for this movie.
As the case is still pending, presumption of innocence - but even if the guy is guilty, that doesn't mean that an unrelated investment doesn't have to be fulfilled. I'm sure this guy has a job; should be also be shouting that his employer direct deposited his last paycheck?
Just because someone is accused or even convicted of something, even if that accusation or conviction is horrible, doesn't mean that "anyone who owes him money doesn't have to pay it anymore." In the US, consequences of conviction are ordered by the court at sentencing.
Throw in a decade or two of “marijuana is bad and will leave you addicted and homeless” just to grow up and find out “nope that was primarily just a few greedy bastards shoving opiates down our throats” and wham, you’ve got yourself a generation primed for escapism.
Today’s phrase is “garnish your wages.” If their protest doesn’t involve moving to another country it’s not going to happen. I’ve thought about it too, but my contingency,for that definitely involves moving to Scandinavia.
Ah bullshit. Civil rights weren’t achieved by threatening to leave and not be the oppressor’s problem anymore, they were achieved by standing ones ground damned the consequences. No one wants to be a martyr, but that’s how battles are unfortunately won, especially against today’s brand of fascists.
That’s partly why it’s so worrisome. 10 years ago, it would have meant something, but now it’s too late, and I fear now it will only negatively contribute to climate collapse and cause the genocide we hope to avoid.
I think it might be too late to save the country and we all ought to get several state governments to secede… and if a civil war brews because of that, then it would at least have some semblance of a positive outcome.
Lol that’s why we are in this situation. 99% of the people complaining are gonna go home, order doordash, watch netflix, do nothing, and cry when the world doesn’t magically conform to their expectations.
Right so we should ruin their credit scores so it gets harder to rent (yes rental agencies check) or buy a car (even if they get one, their interest rate will be super high). Better we just fuck people over since they can’t afford a house, right?
Lemmy.world kids will never understand the actual world and how it works…
You can’t just all complain you’re getting fucked AND agree to all do nothing about it. The rest of the world is watching and laughing at the USA right now.
Don’t pay your American banks, there is nothing stopping you from doing that.
Many people can’t afford to move. When were you born? Just give me a decade. You sound like a Boomer. Born into a fantastic economic situation, ruining it for the future, and then sitting on the sidelines with stupid fucking opinions
Calling an outsider looking in, a “boomer,” doesn’t help the situation. My 25-30s were spent just-fucking-escaping that cesspool. Again, if you owe more than say… 10k, it makes more sense to take your diploma to another country.
10k is way more money than it takes to get to Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Australia, anywhere really. Every single other “industrialized” nation pays for their citizens healthcare because it’s cheaper in the long run.
If you can find a SEA country that will take you? Even more power to you.
Don’t see the world from your own lemmy.world myopic-viewpoint. Big, big banks’ collateral will be fucked when these types of loans all collapse and get downgraded by fitch(/etc). Not paying will just shorten the fuse for these trillion $ orgs.
For one, you dodged the question. For two, wanna float me 10+ grand? Promise I’ll pay it back in social security. I already started payment so you know I’m good for it.
Edit to add (since you’re probably too old to understand acronyms): How old are you? You’ve failed to answer this question
Take 100% of what unemployment will pay you for 5-6 weeks. Depends on the state, but this gave me 5.6k. Hunker down and eat staple foods. Even during inflationary times, you can get by pretty cheaply on rice/chicken/eggs.
Take out a loan with an American country company. If they lent you 100k for school, maybe Sofi or some other online bank would give you 20k. Now prepare to move anything you care about to your destination.
UHAUL’s long term rentals are very cheap (esp if you have a hitch already and can tow it yourself). If you don’t have a car, that might be a good first step with the 25.6k if you’re thinking of Canada.
If you’re thinking EU, you’re going to make sure you can get a visa to where you’re going. Also sell most of your heavy items, as you’re going to want to just buy those heavier objects when you get there. Treat items like a price/density ratio and try to keep sentimental things over “I want to be cool” items like heavy computers or other electronics.
Getting a passport in the states is the biggest hurdle. Be very specific and follow instructions or they will send it back weeks later saying to fix something (try again). Currently their website lists a “record number” of requests of people trying to leave. :/
Something like 10-13 weeks to get a passport…?, USA needs to step tf up
I have a passport already, my work paid for it. That’s not the issue. The issue is that student loans are burdening people in an unmanageable way. Once the payments start kicking in, I’ll be fine, but many people won’t. Should they have not got useless degrees, Ya. But they don’t deserve to suffer for it when everyone told them to choose whatever they want. But that shouldn’t haunt them for the rest of their lives. I’m done arguing, so this is my opinion. Agree or not, that’s fine
Ppl need to know that student loans (federal or private) and medical related debts don’t impact your credit scores nearly as much as say private loans, mortgage, auto loan, etc.
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