The TC news has been pretty bad for me personally. I have spent the better part of the last decade doing amateur ttrpg design (for personal use) and in the last year pivoted to the creation of a platoon scale fantasy wargame which I had intended on releasing for playtesting by end of this year. This was meant to be my big attempt at getting into tabletop design as a career, a lifelong dream, and I had set aside a few thousand USD for paying artists for marginalia/art so people might actually consider buying/trying my game.
With the TC news it feels like I missed the boat. I wanted to get an apolitical or right leaning artist for book art and likewise for a sculptor. But I can't advertise that because I will invariably either get brigaded by the terminally online troons for not being a commie, or I will attract right wing grifters looking to just get in and start drama. I want to create something fun and engaging with good rules, but the culture war is now here on the doorstep and I won't be able to run from it. I could learn to do my own art, a mere 5+ year investment, then learn sculpting so I can produce my own miniature line, another 3-4 year investment. Maybe in 11 years when I can write my own rules, do my own art, sculpt my own minis will I be able to take the risk of making my own wargame.
The honest truth is get woke go broke doesn't seem to really be true. If I just gave in I could have sculptors and artists tomorrow, I could open my llc to investment for DEI and ESG money and I would be taking almost no risks myself. Even if I failed my name would be in the community and I could likely get work at another firm riding on blackrock cash. The people saying "I won't give GW money for femstodes!" weren't their paypiggies anyway. I know the IRL whales and they will slurp up this slop just as greedily as the last bit of plastic GW put out.