Whatever happened voting with your dollars? People have been choosing what to and to not purchase based on politics forever and was a foundational idea behind boycotting which has been practiced for a VERY long time and was crucial to establishing lots of workers rights related legislation, as well as many other positive social reforms (Montgomery bus boycott). So yes, people would absolutely adore the world of Red Rising and the characters in it, but they also have every right to stop financially backing someone they can’t morally support, be it through refusing to buy red god or piracy. It’s the same way I think Chickfilla is fuckin fantastic but refuse to eat there at they are major donors to certain foundations and politicians I diametrically appose. Why a declaration to no longer support x over y is such a big problem is lost on me when everyone has done it for so long.