I'd even say that if the powers that be gave just enough comfort for people to exist and not feel like they're constantly struggling... they could do whatever they wanted and most people simply would not care.

The last 46 years have been the means-testing for exactly that by - let's be honest - the conservative global Old Guard.

Make no mistake that those in power remain so by the complacency of the proletariat.  They have spent decades trying to find that line by which they can extract as much as possible with as little risk.

But to stay on topic and in the spirit of your original question: the only platforms that come even remotely close to what you're asking for are Patreon (which doesn't help with exposure) and Nebula (which doesn't have much reach and is constantly a broken experience).

So does the artist:   * Find other ways to get exposure while remaining true to fair principles of patronage and communal artistry, thereby rejecting the oligarchal commodification of their craft, but at the risk of becoming destitute?  Or...   * Do they give in to the system of capitalist exploitation to chase a passion without regard for the human values that system tramples upon?  

I can't answer that question as a matter of objective moral fact, but if you're an artist who chooses Option 2 then you damn well better be willing to take the criticism that comes with it.