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Should communists support the actor's strike? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by aloeha@lemmy.world to c/communism101@lemmygrad.ml
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I support the writer's guild strike because they are not part of the bourgeoisie. The same can't be said of a lot of these rich actors who own a ton of capital themselves. So on the one hand, it kind of seems like the bourgeoisie is fighting the bourgeoisie on this one. On the other hand, not every actor in the guild is as successful as Tom Cruise, so some of those striking actors are working class.

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[–] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

only 2% of actors even make enough money from the profession to sustain themselves. The most prominent actors may get to become bourgeois themselves, eventually owning studios or becoming producers, but in reality the vast majority of the actors are proles and those are the ones who need this strike the most. Just look at the full credits of any movie you like and you'll see at least ten times more "Unknown Actors", than "Tom Cruises".

Even if actors as a profession are more prominent in the public mind than UPS drivers or script writers, it doesn't make their class bourgeois and this is still an organised labour class issue and any demand for better conditions with direct action such as strikes should be supported. Besides that there's also the pragmatic aspect of showing proletarians worldwide what can be achieved through organised labour.