Ask HN: Re: Kill Hollywood – What are you doing to stop this Goliath?
Required reading: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15439000
“The balance of power is me: 0, Harvey Weinstein: 10.”
When even male actors get sexually assaulted by an executive, one has to think of how the predator/aggressor ended up in a position of such power that he or she can think that they can get away with abusing their powers. Even if the victim speaks out, the aggressor has the power to pay them off silencing the victim. This is how Weinstein held off for so many years, paying the victims, owning parts of media, throwing money at voice in sight... with even his staff maintaining this status quo, all for profit.
And when you step back and look at the bigger picture (which is barely about sex), we are a long ways away from true fairness. No person or company should have this much power. Not Weinstein, not Hollywood, not Google, not Facebook, not Amazon. And while an actress is tweeting to Amazon/Jeff Bezos about funding rapists and winning dirty Oscar, she should also tell Amazon to not abuse their powers screwing over family businesses, hard working employees and many other small players who deserve some fairness.
So isn't now the right time to ride the waves and kick Hollywood while they are battered? If yes, what is your plan and contribution? What are you building to entertain the masses?
Every chance I get, I tell my friends not to see another boring, three-act superhero film with the same repetitive plot (side note: groper Ben Affleck has a new film coming out, best to avoid that one). I recommend and even change the discussion topic to foreign films whenever possible. I'm also building sites that focus on promoting music and performance arts. Every little bit helps.
You?
P.S. For Aaron Swartz