As Hollywood grapples with strikes from actors and writers, Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson took to Twitter on Friday to express her views on the issue, stating that it signifies a larger shift in the economic paradigm.
What Happened: Williamson commented on the strikes, suggesting that they represent more than just the woes of one industry. She compared them to union efforts at companies like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Starbucks Inc. (NASDAQ:SBUX), describing these collective actions as “another rumble in a gigantic earthquake.”
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Why It Matters: The strikes in Hollywood have been causing significant disruption, with both actors and writers uniting in a work stoppage — at a time when there's been a growing interest in using AI replicas of actors in the industry.
According to Williamson — who is challenging President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary in 2024 — these collective efforts could potentially “overthrow a paradigm by which a few with tremendous capital economically tyrannize those simply struggling to get by.”
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