@meso @PurpCat @kirby @jihadjimmy it's such a common pattern i keep seeing

> autistic guy makes good thing
> smooth-talking rich white male schmoozer presents growth opportunity partnership
> smooth-talking schmoozer starts getting handed control of vital stuff
> schmoozing parasite's total lack of any deep understanding of what made the good thing good becomes more and more unavoidable as the drama starts piling up
> schmoozer parasite manipulates everyone into dumping all the blame on the autistic guy who made the good thing in the first place
> bad ending: good thing dies and is gone forever, autistic guy burns out and disappears
> good ending: good thing still lives on in name and in law, but every single good thing about it has now been turned irredeemably bad; autistic guy languishes in the outer darkness doing a very tiny version of the good thing but with a lot of lessons learned
> bad ending part 2: schmoozer-hijacked zombie former good thing uses its pre-existing clout to snuff out even that