Heather Cox Richardson

reacting to the news with zero startup funds.

I literally opened my laptop one day and started typing.

And what that has done is it has allowed the rise of extraordinary new media.

And that gives them a freedom that you don't have if you're CBS and you're being backed by David Ellison.

right?

Yeah.

Well, first of all, I'm a prophet of the past, not the future.

So I hate to say where we're going.

I know, I know.

But one of the things I think is interesting is the number of people who say there is no market for the kind of stuff I do.

Because I think that the people who read me have proven otherwise.

I've never advertised.

I've never accepted advertising.

And yet, as you say, a lot of people have built this community to find out what's really happening.

And I think, again, at the end of the day, it comes down to how you see people.

You know, what do people want?

And I think what people really want is they want to be able to make good decisions about their lives.

You know, they want to feed their kids.

They want a roof over their head.

They want electricity.