I too get pretty tired of the noisy fandom (and almost bootlicking) attitude of some folks: "if it's good for business and the bottom line, that's *all* I need to hear. You artisty/fans/non-corporate folks just don't *get* how the world works. " *sigh* As if, and bleh. It's enough to make me want to join a commune. Again. ; >
I rather like what Joss had to say on the matter during the '07-'08 WGA strike (talking in this case about the movie industry, and then in general...)
"... a machine that absolutely and unhesitatingly would dismantle every union, remove every benefit, turn every worker into a cowed wage-slave in the singular pursuit of profit. (There is a machine. Its program is ‘profit’. This is not a myth.)" - Joss Whedon, http://whedonesque.com/comments/14650
I don't speak up on the subject more because... no one seems to react or care much when I do...
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Date: 2010-11-25 06:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-25 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-26 12:33 am (UTC)fandom corporate apologists
Date: 2010-12-01 10:38 am (UTC)I rather like what Joss had to say on the matter during the '07-'08 WGA strike (talking in this case about the movie industry, and then in general...)
"... a machine that absolutely and unhesitatingly would dismantle every union, remove every benefit, turn every worker into a cowed wage-slave in the singular pursuit of profit. (There is a machine. Its program is ‘profit’. This is not a myth.)" - Joss Whedon, http://whedonesque.com/comments/14650
I don't speak up on the subject more because... no one seems to react or care much when I do...
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Date: 2010-11-26 01:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-28 10:58 pm (UTC)Of course, at some point, if you get left wing enough you look sufficiently right wing to pass as a facist...