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Everything you claim here applies to the careers of members of the writers guild. It takes years to release movies/shows. Yet somehow the power backing their u

• MontyCarloHall 3y ago
  There are many key differences: * A movie/show being delayed mostly has extreme financial consequences for the studio employer, not for the individual writer employees. By contrast, a scientific publication being delayed mostly has extreme career consequences for the individual scientist employees, not for their employer institution. * The NIH's funding comes from the US government. A studio's revenue comes from the audience. NIH funding is unlikely to decrease as the result of a researcher strike, whereas a studio's revenue will unequivocally decrease as the result of a writer strike. * Few people outside of the scientific community will directly perceive the consequences of NIH research being postponed for a few months. On the other hand, many people who enjoy watching movies/TV will directly feel the impact of favorite shows being postponed or cancelled. * As demonstrated in [0], the effects of the strike are already glaringly evident after just a month, and will be even more evident after a few more months. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_productions_impacted_by_the_2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_productions_impacted_b...