

I grew up in the South. It is considered extremely racist, but you’ll hear any number of excuses that it represents a culture or “heritage” that doesn’t sound explicitly racist. However, that heritage can only exist through oppression
It reminds poverty class white people of a time when people like them had more status than others. And you can count on them wanting to take that antebellum status back from the people they feel they need to step on










Bandcamp is what my bands like to use. They often have events (Bandcamp Fridays) where 100% of purchases go to the artists. Some bands also make decent money off merch sales from their own storefronts