The dismissive tech worker discourse around #WGA and #SAGAFTRA #union workers striking basically fall into a predictable pattern:

a) They think actors and writers are a lot better off than most of them are;

b) They have made careers in an industry without any union protection, and somehow think this makes them virtuous;

c) They have no goddamn clue whatsoever how badly they themselves are being exploited.

@flargh Nail. On. Head. People think actors and musicians are paid through the roof, when, realistically, even a lot of well known ones don't make massive amounts of money. A few do, but like every capitalist mountain it's bottom heavy.