I figure its fair to charge for access if you pay the moderators and the contributors.

Seems like they are taking over the moderator roles now, by force. Maybe the mods will also be the main contributors soon?

We got to get doing with the !carboncapture

Lessig’s Code is Law book goes into great detail on this general issue. Whatever the code does is the law, for all practical purposes. It’s impossible to click a button that the programmer did not put there.