There's a direct ask for support in the form of paypal donations right there on the linked page. He also funnels traffic to his youtube, where he has well over a quarter million subscribers. He has quite a cottage industry selling doom prepper news.

not to speak of individuals like those listed, but you cannot, in fact, trust most youtubers

the vast majority of them have no independent editorial team with a track record of credibility

I'm well aware of the general quality (or lack thereof) on Youtube, but that's why I gave a few examples of good Youtubers that also use patreon/referral links. Point being, I don't see a good reason to specifically call out iceagefarmer for having vested interest in saying what they say

it sounds like you and I agree with each other :)