Originally Posted by
mach5nchimchim
Maybe people don't need a rational reason, it's their money; let them spend like they want. Bash the AMA all you want, but let people decide if they wish to pay dues to the AMA or not; you spend your money how you want and we will spend out hard earned money how we please, even if we want to pay the money sucking no good AMA you call it.
And therein you cite rather elegantly the fundamental reason AMA will ultimately fail. That is the overwhelming majority of people make rational economic decisions. Yes, there are true believers like you that will tithe any amount to the AMA. But a great many more can take or leave the hobby. Witness the nearly two decades of nearly constant declining membership revenue (in constant inflation adjusted dollars). There are just not enough folks like you to keep AMA afloat.