It's incredible how unsympathetic these threads are to artists. I remember the HN threads covering the FAANG (or whatever they're called now) laysoffs, where p

It's incredible how unsympathetic these threads are to artists. I remember the HN threads covering the FAANG (or whatever they're called now) laysoffs, where people would get flagged just for pointing out that tech workers earning $150-350k-a-year aren't sympathetic, exploited proletarians and that these companies have obligations to shareholders, which includes ordinary Americans with 401(k)s, IRAs, or pension plans (which, even if public sector, are still usually funded with public equities)--not just to people who got lucky and won the FAANG job lottery.