The most powerful labor unions in America are Professional Sports and Hollywood. And every time either group goes on strike, America immediate turns against the workers.

Remember during Covid? How long were we all in lockdown before we demanded that baseball and other sports get started again? No one would ever consider Lebron James or Aaron Judge and essential work force. Yet while thousands of people were dying, when there was no vaccine, athletes played sports in empty stadiums and bubbles to distract us. I don't remember anybody ever offer a thank you or applauding them for their effort. But every time an athlete says they won't get vaccinated, we turn on them as rich, priveleged assholes.

The companies are being unusually blunt as to what they plan to do. But they don't have to be. They know that in the age of binge watching when waiitng even a week for an episode of TV is too much of a constraint and that we have to have every episode of every new season drop on Netflix, the public will turn on the writers and actors anyway. DO you how much I've heard as a critic of people upset that they have to PAY for cable services or for streaming services? We have a community who wants it entertainment free and immediately. Do we care that writers and actors are struggling to make ends meet? No. All we care about it is that this is delaying the next season of Yellowjackets of Abbott Elementary. The fragmenting of television, the rise of cable and streaming have created a world of options for the viewing public. They don't care who suffers as long as they are satisifed. Hell, the movie theater industry may end up taking a fatal blow from this but since most people think going out to movies is too much effort, you think they care?

Everybody is pro-union unless it personally effect them. We might argue for unionzation at Starbucks but if Howard Schultz told us it was raise the prize for a grande latte, most Americans would become full on corporate boosters. It's sad that people at Walmart don't get minimum wage, but if that meant the prices weren't affordable for consumers, a lot of peopl would become pro-sweat shop.. We know the horrid conditions at Amaazon, but it hasn't done anything to stop the people who order from them - or buy the movies that so many writers are getting underpaid from. Were the bosses unusually crude sure? But they could have been just an accurate if they'd said: Eventually the public will get tired of reality shows and reruns. Right now, half of America hates Hollywood on general principle. The other half loves your product, but has a short attention span and always wants new stuff. Two days into the actors strike, a friend of mine asked when the end game would come because they were tiring of watching Criminal Minds reruns. You are right in everything you stand for and I fully support you. The rest of America - who sucks up your product without a care where it comes from - has a limited patience for waiting. Your fight would be difficult if it were just against the corporate overlords. But in these battles the viewing public has always been a corporate ally and you can never win them over. I admire your fight. But you lost before you began.