Don't take, take, take and expect people who give to keep supporting you - eventually they'll wake up.

Couldn't agree more.

As you seem to realise, you weren't saved by the community. You were saved by @berniesanders. I don't wanna piss on your chips but I think many of the other upvoters were riding on the tails of a 'potentially profitable' post. I've noticed, in my short time here, that anything a whale replies to or shows interest in, suddenly gets a lot of chancers throwing their pennies in the pot.

The moral of the story and the history of the human race is that powerful people have the power to rescue or destroy. Communities are comprised of individuals who do what they have to do in order to survive.

Anj x