WHAT IF...? Head Writer A.C. Bradley Takes Aim At Marvel Studios After Being Underpaid For MS. MARVEL Work

@Superheromoviefan - nah, you’re being an asshole

@Fogs - takes money sue if you do win could be million could be held up for years months

@IronMan616 - regardless of the quality of the writing - writers who work full time should not struggle to pay rent so think about that next time you want to write a little jab like this

@Pass - Do you need me to explain that residuals were paid because a show would be paid on TV multiple times and earn multiples of the ad revenue and streaming has made that model obsolete?

The pay on residuals has changed. While this may be unfortunate for writers, it is what it is. The music industry evolved when streaming music became a thing 20 years ago. The musicians had to find new ways to generate revenue.

Hollywood and it’s people have to evolve too and the answer isn’t just cry to the union to get higher residuals.

@seismicblast - exactly. Was there no pay negotiation? This is commission work after all.

@mountainman - Corporations are the ones raising their prices, just because they can. They are the one's who lobby the government to meet their every want and need.

Identifying the correct root cause is important.

@mountainman - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/business/economy/inflation-companies-profits-higher-prices.html#:~:text=Inflation%20Cools%20Sharply-,Companies%20Push%20Prices%20Higher%2C%20Protecting%20Profits%20but%20Adding%20to%20Inflation,have%20fallen%20in%20recent%20months.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/27/inflation-corporate-america-increased-prices-profits

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retail-price-gouging-lowes-amazon-target-accountable-us/

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/why-companies-raise-their-prices-because-they-can

@BB8ANG - Man anti-capitalists are always so ignorant.

Capitalism brought more people out of extreme poverty than anything else in history. All the people in developing countries like India and China sure appreciate the increase to their quality of life over the last 50 years as their countries have become more capitalist.

https://www.aei.org/economics/international-economics/700-million-humans-have-moved-out-of-deep-poverty-in-the-21st-century-thank-capitalism/

Communism/Socialism lead to 100 million deaths in the 20th century and constantly fails, outside of where social programs are funded in capitalistic countries.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/100-years-of-communismand-100-million-dead-1510011810

And those biased articles mean nothing. In a free market I can choose where to shop. If I don’t like a corporation, I am not forced to shop with them. The only forced monopoly in your life is the government - who provides sub par services for excessive prices.

Once again, actual definition of inflation that colored by propaganda “news” outlets.

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/111314/what-causes-inflation-and-does-anyone-gain-it.asp

@BB8ANG - What is often called price gouging is often a result of demand far exceeding supply. We see it right now with Taylor Swift concert tickets. Many more people want to go than tickets are available, so the resell value goes for many times the original list price. Same with many popular concepts and sports games.

We also see it after a disaster when supply of basics are limited. Prices go up because more people want them than what is available.

There are many reasons we saw the excessive inflation of the last few years. The origin goes back to post-2008 recession when the Federal Reserve artificially left interest rates at near zero for over 10 years. This resulted in growth in the economy, but it was all for the rich and corporations because they could take advantage of the low cost loans and regular people suffered because they couldn’t get interest in savings. Then in 2020, when the economy was shut down and Congress/The Fed printed and spent more money than at any other time in human history.

These things did a few things:

1) Supply chains were decimated which messed with some markets (computing chips and lumber are examples)

2) Businesses had increased costs from shut downs and labor shortages

3) There was increased demand in certain markets (remember the toilet paper shortage?)

4) The dollar became less valuable due to more dollars in circulation

You then had a combination of things that drove prices up. Demand exceeding supply, the dollar is less valuable, and businesses had increased costs.

Are some businesses greedy? Absolutely. Most businesses want to charge as much as they can. Some of them are super shady about it.

But the beauty of a free market is that the consumer can choose who to do business with. Most people are too stupid and/or lazy to research and put in work to shop at places that share their values. Or to shop less for things that are not necessities. Or to produce their own things.

But the core of the problem is and always has been bad government/economic policy. No corporation runs your life. I personally dislike many of them and do not give them my money. You can do the same. You don’t get a choice with the government. It’s by definition a monopoly. And they force you to use their services. And they steal your money whether you want or use their services or not.