I'd like to propose at this time that, if the following things do not occur, the latest tax/house drama arc be deemed a scam and, by proxy, the previous ones as well:
- DSP receives documented funds sufficient to pay the supposed $16,000 sum, or
- DSP provides written documentation from the IRS or lending agency, with current date and details of amount due
I think most if not all people here are confident neither of these will happen. Hell, most of his viewers are as well, likely. I say this because, for one and unless I'm mistaken, no proof was ever given that he actually received the money he needed when we went through this last year as well. It was just intense fundraising for four-ish months followed by a "we did it, guise!" as he flailed his arms with a fist full of blank papers.
Suffice to say, I think careful followers of this show already know how things will play out. He'll get a handful of large donations but not nearly enough to cover what he's asking. Sprinkled in there will be hints or outright claims of more, even larger, anonymous tips of which he'll provide no documentation.
Then come April we'll see a resurgence of Darksfadil Triumphant as he loudly proclaims his continued victory against the detractors, no weapon formed against him shall prosper, etc., etc. All before he slams his great meaty fist down on the reset button in September to roll it all back for us to do again.
I submit that, despite his obvious extravagant lifestyle and bonkers spending habits, there has never been a tax crisis. There has never been a danger of him losing his house (either of them). To wit,
there is no war in Ba Sing Se. Is the quote somewhat misused? Perhaps, but I believe it apropos to describe the degree of doublethink needed to justify in one's own mind the repeated supporting of this man's lifestyle when nothing good comes from it.