Medium: We need to do a Capitalism, so you now have to be a member in order to earn

Also Medium: But now we have equity and parity between all the li'l worker bees - what is this, Communism?!

Also also Medium: Ah, it's OK - we'll add a tier system to reintroduce class politics to the platform, and give very little except for social status in return while getting lots of money! We're geniuses I tell ya! All the Capitalism!

(All of that was satire btw, no-one sue me. OK? OK.)

...Somehow, sometimes, the sheer American-ness of this platform still catches me by surprise, I swear.