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« ....breakneck, unsustainable pace, with our pay held hostage ... so our employers can pay us as little as possible for the very work that will make them record-breaking profits.”

This is what prioritizing shareholders at the expense of labor has done across health care, pharmacies, customer service, etc etc. Very few industries haven’t been impacted.

The only difference is that the entertainment industry is unionized.

I wonder why the strike isn’t well covered by PE-owned News media?

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Standing up for yourself against people exploiting you isn’t narcissism. It’s self-respect. Of course one must have a minimal level of self esteem to know what you’re worth and be willing to stand up for it. But that’s not narcissism as it’s being used here.

This is the common co-opting of psychological terms into pop psychology without understanding the words you’re using. I write that as someone w actual expertise in this area.

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