X22, On the Fringe, and more- July 14

 

Am I entirely anti union? No, I only support unions that actually intend to look out for their workers and not get insanely greedy.

Am I actually on the studios side? Not entirely. They're bad as well. But, they do have some fair points regarding this whole strike tomfoolery. The demands they were told about are very unreasonable, and they more then likely can't be delivered, they tried to tell the WGA and SAG to listen to reason, but they refused to listen.

I will never support this strike, it's all idiocy put on by boneheads who refuse to tolerate the very idea of possibly getting the kind of paychecks that the 'lower class' get every week and are entirely convinced that AI will replace them all in the very near future. If I ran a studio, and all the union workers all foolishly walked out because they were convinced I would 1 day replace them all by a robot, I'd just hire all non union workers to replace all of them. They are all replaceable, and they are just too stupid to see that because A, they clearly don't care about their jobs and their fellow team mates that they work with on set, and B, they have no idea what actual solidarity really means, Their version of 'solidarity is 100% coercion and outright bullying.

They can play martyr all they want with the studios while being totally blind to the fact that the studios have them by the balls (and always have), and take allll the hundreds of HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY photos of them acting like they're at a summer camp or at a red carpet event instead of what is supposed to be a 'SERIOUS' picket line, but they will only have themselves to blame when the donation money runs dry and the real shit hits the fan. (or when strikers start passing out due to heatstroke, heat exhaustion or dehydration. LA and NY heat waves are no joke)

Mutiny isn't pretty, but I have a feeling that's exactly what will eventually end up happening here.