Briefly discussing the hollywood writer's strike

 So despite writing a lot of articles today I'm still on break, i just feel like doing this on some issues. 

I did want to discuss the writer's strike as I have a pretty unique opinion on it though that may bristle the opinions of a lot of lefties.

So, while I get the appeal of supporting them, and being pro striking and wanting them to get paid better and the like....my anti work and anti job philosophy does step in here. I dont believe people are entitled to a job, and the idea that a job pays people well is a band aid. I ultimately support people not having to rely on jobs in the first place.

Here, I have to ask, does the work being done really reflect the value being asked for? If AI is apparently making it easier to write stories without human inputs, then perhaps that work is less valuable than in the past, and maybe we dont need this work being done. Maybe those guys need to get out of the field and into another. That's just...life, and the way the economy goes. Leftists come off as luddites wanting to preserve antiquated an non productive jobs. It's a downside of their perspective being based on income being tied to work. In my perspective, Im fine with jobs being eliminated or devalued, I just think that people should get a UBI to make up for it. 

on the flip side, if their skills really are still valuable, then the strike should work...eventually. Employers will cave, workers will get higher pay and better conditions, and they will win. 

But ultimately, it comes down to what the market values. Do employers value human writers over AI ones? Are they willing to pay for it? And if not, are workers still willing to work in the field for less? Keep in mind, in my ideal world, workers would have UBI to make that choice a REAL one. Not the fake one where you dont have to work...but you...have to work. Yeah. 

Again, just how my ideological difference from the pro labor left shifts my position. I support free agents in the market working out the details themselves. But ultimately, workers should truly be free and not dependent on those jobs to survive. Within that context, what ultimately matters is what people are willing to do. If workers walk, then employers have to make do. If employers get rid of workers, then workers have to make do. I just wanna make it easier for them to do so by ensuring their income isnt tied to how productive they are in the first place. Keep in mind, the economy exists for people, not people for the economy. My position is a reflection of that. And if workers and employers cant agree, then maybe that industry shouldnt exist any more. Not like we NEED hollywood, it's not essential to the functioning of society.

And yeah, that's my view on this issue. 

EDIT: This is just what I said about the elimination of future work. Basically if you eliminate the need to work:

1) Employers have to improve pay and working conditions to draw workers (give in to strike)

2) Employers automate work to avoid paying workers what they demand (AI replaces workers in writing for hollywood)

3) The industry ceases to exist as workers and employers cant come to a consensus

All three of these have consequences to the larger economy:

1) In order to pay workers some goods and services (movies) may become more expensive to make and consume (I'm okay with this for a luxury industry like this)

2) Prices remain cheap as employers outsource work to AI, but workers lose their jobs (bad in current economy, not bad in an economy centered around UBI and making work less central to our lives)

3) Industry ceases to exist and no more movies are produced (sucks but it beats enslaving people to provide entertainment for others).

Right now our economy externalizes costs to workers. SInce workers are required to work to survive, workers end up suffering the brunt of the economic damage. If employers close up or outsource to AI, workers are out of the job, their skills are devalued, and they have to find work elsewhere. This is why most labor oriented leftists support the workers. They value employment and support jobs paying a lot, but workers still being forced to work them. I support a more voluntary economy, but that economy leads to a more libertarian free market orientation. Just one where workers have more power.