So yes, "joining the union is bad" is an extremely uncommon opinion among active participants in the entertainment industry. Whether you support SAG-AFTRA or not, recognize its merits as well as its flaws or not, everyone knows that paying the initiation fee is a necessary step in your career.

Think of all the middlemanagers and Starbucks employees. What of them? WHAT OF THEM?

It's not about productivity, it's power and control. GenAI gives them tons of leverage over you, remote work removes it.

Once you understand executives as barons who actively despise their serfs, everything makes a lot more sense.

It’s almost like efficiency isn’t the point and it’s just a vicious bid for undue control

Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does