I am legit penniless and moving after a full decade in the industry, because the bougiest union thought they deserved to be upper class rather than middle class. I actually hate these people and their status driven desires to own homes in the nicest neighborhoods of NY and CA. To have their kids in private school with the producers kids. O it’s hard in Cobble Hill?

The writers strike ruined the industry and moved so much work to Canada, England, and Korea. I have no skills outside film production and I am going from middle class to homeless for the worst people who write Blue Bloods and Jimmy Fallon jokes. I fucking hate writers and they are all pieces of shit.

Craft unionism is not bringing about socialism, it’s bringing about different hierarchies and desires between jobs. The Wobblies were right about everything. I fucking hate you writers. You are closer to the producers than just about anyone on set. You are fucking country club shits. I hope you all get stuck writing cop shows forever you fucking trash

  • xiaohongshu [none/use name]
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    1 month ago

    The writers strike was never going to work when they failed (did not even bother) to expand it to an industry-wide strike. They got screwed and ended up in a worse position than they started.

    This is why labor activism without Marxist theory is fighting a steep uphill battle. Without understanding how capitalism works, there is no strategy. It’s like trying to treat a disease without medical knowledge - it’s all based on luck and no better than flipping a coin.

    The 2007-2008 writers strike worked because the interest rate was starting to come down amidst a looming recession by early 2008. The 2023 writers strike happened while the rich people were still getting free interest income from the government despite the industry downturn (the Fed rate hike allowed the bourgeoisie to shelter the storm while indebted working class gets screwed with ever higher penalty rate from high interest) - it was never going to work unless they managed to expand it to the rest of the Hollywood adjacent industries.