Everyone in LA is Living in a Bubble.

[@triggerpod]

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[@robotnoir5299]

2:25 When exactly was this era when people were allegedly not given roles because of their gender or race? My movie-collection goes back to the 1910s (although it doesn't really kick off strongly until the 1940s). Can you tell me which decade it is where my movie collections will have no women or people of color? I can't find it. Is there any historical record of what year white men finally said _"After much thought, we've reluctantly decided that women and people of color can now buy and use the movie-cameras that we invented, and have been selfishly hoarding for years and refusing to let minorities purchase"?_

[@whiteydiamond]

Drinker's made a career out of telling people what they already know. Sad how his audience is so easy and latches on to the basic bitch train

[@sole__doubt]

@@robotnoir5299 Exactly what I came to ask. That was some nonsense for sure and from Konstantin, he usually is spot on with this stuff. I see plenty women and ethnic minorities in movies from all decades too.

[@robotnoir5299]

@@sole__doubt I don''t expect them to answer the question. The bottom line is, anyone who claims there was an era without females or minorities has no knowledge or interest in cinema, and is just parroting baseless feminist talking-points. It's from listening to ridiculous tripe like this that we get people like Jennifer Lawrence humiliating themselves, and thinking she was the first female action movie-star ever. The real bigots are the people who spread this lie... coz they're surreptitiously using the "elephant and the rope" technique to crush the hopes and dreams of minorities today.

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

Pentagon funded Transformers

[@aclaylambisabirdman6324]

My grandmother who was a first generation immigrant from Russia use to say, “The oppressed do not seek equality. They seek to oppress their oppressors.”

[@svtinker]

Perfect explanation of Woke.

[@whiskeytango9769]

Yes, even when their oppression is imaginary.

[@scottttym]

Marilyn Manson said, "Slave never dreams to be free Slave only dreams to be King"

[@lookintopsilocybin]

~ Paulo Freire (and Nana)

[@theinngu5560]

100% …she knew! You see it everywhere…people complain so much about oppression in the past , which is over ..and done by people who are now dead to others who are now dead and yes they seek to oppress now. People are crazy.

[@RacerX888]

DEI= Didn't Earn It.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

😂

[@thomasbonnett4800]

Copyright that! I’d buy the shirt.

[@pure-blood17]

Brilliant

[@sircroakalot704]

And thats whats worse, the left have made it so now everyone looks at a POC and thinks... they didnt earn this job, thats incredibly damaging to POC, thanks lefties!

[@rocketgroot4311]

*Bro!! that needs to catch on..*

[@user-uw1er9fg7p]

Living in houses in the hills, all the while ignoring Skid Row and all the Homeless people and people living in poverty. Very progressive.

[@ephraimwinslow]

The Oblongs was a prophecy, not a cartoon.

[@y2ksurvivor]

Happy to build their own walls higher and higher, while telling the rest of us that we're bigots for desiring the same. F 'em.

[@stvbrsn]

Some of those houses in the hills are ten times seedier than what you’ll find downtown.

[@reptidan]

LA is shithole. I was there last April and couldn’t believe how disgusting it is.

[@psynurse]

​@@stvbrsnI have friends who live in the hills and they are good people and are all people who work with needy, sick etc

[@Winterascent]

I would say this goes for normal people in LA, too. I've known a few liberals from LA, and they're nuts. The pronoun crazy crowd who think food comes from magic and electric cars run on wishes and a dream.

[@flinx649]

I was there in 1985 and 1986... they were nuts back then.

[@elijah7939]

Those are not normal people in LA. Normal people in LA are normal people. Its a small minority of woke people. Most are hardworking and first generation. LA is a great place but the problem is people like this come to the city to do business in entertainment and they only deal with those type of people. They are in a bubble.

[@CrashHell]

@@elijah7939exactly! There are so many more millions of people that don’t have anything to do with Hollywood or even these knobs that are critics of entertainment and just apart of the same machine. Millions of us in a gigantic metropolis that just live our lives removed from the fringes that these bellends in KZbin can’t get enough of.

[@elijah7939]

@@CrashHell yup and because they had a bad time they think the whole place is like that

[@Ch0c0lateChimp]

As a Los Angeles native I'm so sick of the rest of the world lumping us common Angelenos with the Hollywood/Woke weirdos. The vast majority of us do not associate with those crowds. Is there a significant saturation of those people in this city as compared to other places? Yes, but 98% of us are just your average joe trying to make a decent living. Most of Los Angeles's citizens hate Hollywood and the woke.

[@ahwhite2022]

It's not just Hollywood/LA. There are very similar bubbles within certain corporate/government circles.

[@hope-cat4894]

Universities are a good example of this.

[@cliftonbrown4051]

Like EVEyrY

[@AMcG-hf6yx]

Academia is notorious for this and this mind view is failing their students.. but they hardly care about those.

[@tensortab8896]

Discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination.

[@drx1xym154]

or woke inclusion.

[@Jadty]

Oy!

[@redrum47]

Vey!

[@YSLRD]

We need to think entertainment. The entire acting industry is filled with psychopaths, addicts, predators and deviants. It has been this way since its inception. There is a reason theater people were disdained for centuries. Maybe we should think about why.

[@life_of_riley88]

Remember the "theater kids" in high school? That's Hollywood grown up. 🥴

[@littlecatfeet9064]

@@life_of_riley88Self-own, I was one of them too 😳. But it helped me to become more intellectually independent. I don’t know why it forces others into conformity. The point is supposed to be being so different that you can’t lie your way into popularity.

[@life_of_riley88]

@@littlecatfeet9064 It's the idea that liberation lies in liberalism. In the classical sense, this is true, but what we have today is not liberalism, it's a corrupted form of hierarchical fascism. Either play along, or be ousted by the king makers. . .which in this case appear to be literal pedophiles 🫤

[@DAVID-io9nj]

Remember, creativity is another way of being able to ignore reality. Hollywood is all about fantasy, not reality.

[@gooble69]

@@life_of_riley88Came to say the same thing. All the drama kids at school were the worst insufferable kids at school. Just imagine you gave those annoying kids lots of fame and fortune. That is Hollywood.

[@terryc1538]

What they don't say is that they are not trying to fix the problem of racism/ sexism. They are getting even. Is all about revenge not fixing the problem.

[@GeneralBlorp]

But some of them do actually say it. What do you think “reparations” are all about? 😢

[@GodwynDi]

​@GeneralBlorp Still revenge. They want to punish and take money from 10s of millions of people who had nothing to do with what happened in the past. Its also a past no one alive experienced.

[@kelleygreengrass]

​@@GeneralBlorpreparations is an unfulfilled social program. That's why they talk about it.

[@Objectified]

@@kelleygreengrass No, they talk about it because they're racist and ignorant and/or they want to grift money from whites. Every Black person in America knows what's up - every last one of us - and many of us try to warn whites, but the ones who buy in don't listen.

[@tommyrq180]

@@GeneralBlorpReparations ARE retribution. You take money from innocent people and give it to people who weren’t enslaved. Both lose-one loses money (minor issue, relatively speaking), the other is further enslaved under the yoke of unearned welfare that saps them of hard work, innovation, liberty, and independence. It will not fix anything, but will instead fuel an ongoing cycle of revenge. Reparations are revenge. The primary hypocrisy of social justice warriors is that, in their opposition to past oppression, they have nothing to offer but…retributive oppression. But of course countering oppression is so obviously hypocritical because in the vast scheme of human oppression the one they choose is merely a rather transparent lever to promote anti-western cultural degradation. It’s so “brave” to be a counter-culture warrior in a society who provided you with wealth, prosperity, security, and liberty; including the liberty to be a narcissist. Go be a counter-culture warrior in the PRC, DPRK, or Russia or any number of countries where women or minorities are actually oppressed TODAY; there you will find REAL oppression. THAT would be brave-no martyred social justice warriors from the west over there...

[@Bob_Adkins]

Not just a bubble, an insane clown bubble. If it weren't for a few sane ones and outsiders attending to their needs, they would perish from their own insanity.

[@TheMaleRei]

Hail 4th ID!

[@Bob_Adkins]

@@TheMaleRei It takes one to know one, so the same to you!

[@chipcook5346]

I hope they video the conflagration. I am so starving for real entertainment.

[@DiamondLil]

I love it when people like Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep "bravely" take public stands that are guaranteed to get them a huge round of applause from their peers and pretend they martyrs and trail blazers!

[@user-vl8qw8hp1g]

Don't forget that Meryl Streep led the audience in giving Harvey Weinstein a standing ovation. A short time later, good old Harvey was busted for some rather unsavory behavior. I have to wonder if Meryl has visited Harvey in jail. Doubtful, right?

[@postworld1185]

Most applaud out of fear.

[@WayneLynch69]

@@postworld1185 Haha...Stalin had to have a ringer installed to stop the Presidium clapping. True story

[@audience2]

DeNiro says awful things that false liberals often say, such as he wants to punch someone in the face.

[@Brian_Boru]

De Niro doesn't fit your example. All he's done is speak his mind against Trump. He's not "blazing trails" or virtue signalling. He sees Trump for the con man he is and says so. That's his right as an American. Free speech.

[@dnakatomiuk]

Ricky Gervais said it right "You've no idea about the real world, you've got no right to tell people how to live" Or to that effect and he was refering to every single of them and yet they all laughed thinking it was a joke when it wasnt Kat Williams has exposed the industry more than ever

[@4000Wiggins]

I have a close friend that’s a writer and producer in his mid 40s. White straight male with a family. He has always been a hard worker and has worked his way up in the industry since he was in his 20s. Now he hasn’t been able to find work since early 2022.

[@benfaubion]

Is that partially pandemic related? You said since 2022.. I mean is it really that he’s a white male? I wouldn’t be surprised.. that’s just sad. Seems like all the wokies need somebody to take it out on, us white males, it seems that when we suffer it satisfies the bitterness and bloodlust they carry around. Weird hu? Its like they just can’t get the boogeyman of the bad white males out of their mind.

[@johngoldsworthy7135]

That’s so sad

[@VanityDivined]

What was the reason? Hard to believe just because he’s yt if he’s that experienced

[@justanumber9053]

He should say he’s non-binary. Use they/them pronouns on his CV and see what happens. 🤷‍♀️

[@raja-jl9os]

​@@VanityDivined now he becomes critical drinker 😂

[@user-uw1er9fg7p]

We made 50 years of Progress and Hollywood is taking us backwards.

[@RobotacularRoBob]

Who controls Hollywood?🤔

[@Gitn2it]

It's a modern day Animal Farm.

[@romelos222]

@@RobotacularRoBobi have heard that its the people with the tiny hats and the funny curls on the sides of their heads

[@MeanOldLady]

No, it's been 50 years of regress that's been taking the country apart, piece by piece.

[@TimBitts649]

The way forward is breaking up the United States, like in the Texas Independence movement.

[@bartgrossman9361]

When people are filthy rich they cannot be cancelled. They will just take their money somewhere else.

[@jeffk464]

cancelled from public life. But yeah, they can spend all their time on luxury yachts, mansions, world travel, etc.

[@davidconnellan6875]

Not entirely true, first most of these people are narcissists and absolutely need the attention of others like people need air. They also need to keep the grift going as much as their paid their spending it about as fast as it comes in. That's why most of them are willing to sell their souls for a paycheck. Multimillion dollar homes need millions to keep running and then theres staff and agents and handlers to be paid whay ever shrink their seeing personal trainers etc etc etc. You have bills they have an economy to run lol

[@paulhowson8744]

CHINA & AFRICA WOULD BE A GOOD START. JUST DONT COME BACK.

[@stimswwolf7867]

@@davidconnellan6875They CHOSE to live in a richer economy. Keanu Reeves proves that you can be famous and live a normal life but without the problems of it.

[@Itskilo]

I think you'll find most people in LA are living in a tent

[@jeffk464]

Indeed, people associate LA with Hollywood. That isn't LA at all, PBS called LA the capital of the third world, and I think thats about as accurate as it gets. I saw a billboard in LA that said LA is Mexico, and I thought yeah, thats pretty accurate. Orange Country is what people think of when they think of the more ritzy Southern California.

[@Ch0c0lateChimp]

@@jeffk464Born & raised in LA. Orange County was always the place you go to if you want to have a good time.

[@darknowitzki3535]

Yeah this take is for like 5% of LA

[@garthsmith4285]

😂

[@SA-hz1rs]

So dumb

[@cherylnagy126]

"they" are no longer responding to audience demand, but rather seeking to advance their own agenda

[@formes2388]

ESG/DEI investing practices started this. As soon as those people lose enough money? It will die. Give it another couple of years.

[@Theweouthereforrealclub-]

@@formes2388They own the production of money. You’re on the wrong track there

[@DaBenzo923]

Is that plural 'they' or are u referring to Elliott Page?

[@k54dhKJFGiht]

They live in a bubble, and they are being told what to do. That means more to the people in charge than money.

[@Gitn2it]

It's always easier to go along to get along. Just support the next big thing.

[@MeanOldLady]

They are literally whores - they sold their souls for wealth & power. We, the people, need to stop feeding those greedy pigs & boycott pedowood entirely. Don't watch or discuss their propaganda turds that are masquerading as entertainment & support independent content that's actually good for the soul as there's way too much nihilistic, narcissistic BS out there now.

[@liz9284]

I’m pleasantly surprised you brought up the perception of Southerners in America, no one ever mentions this, much less confirms that it happens. I CANNOT tell you how many times ppl from other parts of the country (mostly the Northeast) have treated me as if I’m super bummed that slavery is no longer a thing. Like I’m racist. Like I’m stupid. One example-a man who recently moved here from NY state was talking to me, I didn’t quite catch the last thing he said (Northerners tend to speak faster than we do in the South, LOL), so I said “pardon? I didn’t catch that last part”, and he replied “oh, sorry, I forgot I’m in the South, I should probably use smaller words.” The thing that struck me about it was that I didn’t get the sense he was trying to be an ass. I didn’t feel any animosity, he wasn’t being intentionally antagonistic. He just really felt that I didn’t understand the MEANINGS of the words he chose. It never even occurred to him that I just didn’t hear him clearly. Not that it’s ok regardless, his bias sucks, but I found it interesting. I have a slight accent when I say some words, but otherwise you’d never know where I was from. I’ve lived all over the country, and when I moved to Maryland as a kid I learned to turn my southern accent off pretty quick, and as an adult I have a very neutral accent. So it’s not like I was speaking like a hick, any reasonable person would’ve known they were conversing with an articulate human who is more than capable of understanding a word like “holistic”, but due to propaganda (much of it disseminated by Hollywood), he couldn’t even hear ME, he was speaking to a caricature, not a real person. If that had been a thing that happened once or twice, I would write it off as an individual bias, but it’s happened (or similar instances) so many times I’ve lost count. The assumption that southerners are racist is probably the most infuriating though, especially after visiting NYC. I was floored by all the racist shit I heard there, I had never heard anything like it.

[@Bob_Adkins]

The mainstream media tries to paint us that way because of our work ethic and voting habits. They have succeeded. Northerners and foreigners are always surprised by how civilized and friendly we are.

[@Zundfolge]

The advantage to this is that a lot of New Englanders and Californians would never consider relocating to your part of the country because of their incorrect beliefs about the culture and people there. As a former Coloradoan I can tell you that you don't want those locusts showing up and changing your home.

[@Bob_Adkins]

@@Zundfolge They've infested Arizona and Austin TX as well, and we don't want them here in Louisiana.

[@liz9284]

@@bigboss9895 thank you, I appreciate that confirmation! LOL! What’s kind of funny is that if I go north, ppl ask to hear my “accent”. They’ll say “say something in southern!!” And I’ll respond “homicide”. And we all get a good laugh. It’s only when ppl move to the south, or are here visiting, that I’ve noticed the condescending and arrogance. Maybe it’s a defense mechanism for them, idk. They might actually believe I’m going to pull a “Deliverance” on them..don’t know, but I might have to ask next time 😂

[@RobotacularRoBob]

This kind of bias is exactly why you’ll often see people In comments painting conservatives with broad strokes generalizations that they’re uneducated hicks. Some “progressive” folks like feeling superior to others and will often distance themselves from perceived caricatures the media exaggerates to appear virtuous and civilized, while their cowardly conformity to “new age” ideals is precisely what often leads to the downfall of empires, while more humble folks are just happy living their life without everyone trying to reinvent the proverbial social wheel or telling them what to do.

[@jamesblair9614]

It was evident to me exactly 50 years ago when I spent some time in LA. Their focus was completely inward, they seemed to never tire of telling their own story, to themselves, the rest of the country seemed to be of little consequence.

[@TheKnellBelle]

Like how the ultimate aspiration of so many characters is to "make it in Hollywood" or be an actor. Lol. So subtle.

[@tonyconnor5691]

That's what the film muholland drive was about its a good film ​@@TheKnellBelle

[@Islas_Canarias]

I stopped watching movies or TV, listening to music or radio, reading newspapers or magazines over 10 years ago. I have an Ad blocker online so I haven't seen a commercial or advertisement in all that time.I only read books, Substack or certain blogs and watch KZbin. I have zero social media as well. It is absolute bliss.

[@Objectified]

Oh, absolutely. I lived in exurban (mostly), rural, and urban areas of multiple states growing up in the U.S., including in the South, the Central, and the Midwest. I was one of the relatively few Black kids in each of those. And I realized at an early age that the portrayals of whites in America but particularly from these areas is every bit as stereotyped and inaccurate as for any other race, and that those stereotypes are typically pretty negative if not demeaning. But this has also become ingrained in America, and it's to the point that the most common kind of content you see Americans making about America is how bad it is, or how backward it is, or how behind it is, or how crime ridden it is, or whatever else, because we essentially have been indoctrinated this hyper-cynicism and anti-nationalism in Americans for 40 years. And because our press and our media and since the advent of social media our own people are constantly flooding the web with that kind of content, people from other countries typically have wildly negative and demeaning views about everything in America, too. They just assume it. And they're willing to believe ANYTHING negative about the country and its people.

[@wayneparker9331]

You nailed it. Like you, I’m a black male who grew up in various states. I have warned relatives, friends and colleagues about the very real risks posed by the indoctrination you noted since the early 1980s. As a 57 year old man I am not in the least surprised that we are where we are as a society.

[@richborn6700]

I remember a comment on a video awhile ago where a woman was on vacation in Germany. They asked where she was from and she said Texas. Apparently the person asking lit up a big smile and did the finger guns gesture like Yosemite Sam. Even other countries look at us like a zoo with different attractions in different parts of the country. Midwesterners, dirty Southerners, mean East coasters, and a bunch of pot head west coast types.

[@dhacker949]

As a native Southern Californian, I think that you need to contrast “Los Angeles” as a city with the movie colony that exists within it. LA is a very large, hyper diverse place with millions of people who have deep roots to their communities. Almost none of them work in entertainment in ‘above the line’ roles. Those jobs are typically taken by folks who have left their own communities to chase a dream of being famous. They generally stay for a decade, or two, before going back home (if they fail), or to some luxury community (if they succeed). Most of them hate the city itself and have no real relationships outside other industry aspirants. That ‘everything is surface, mutable, and temporary’ ethos infects everything.

[@debraengland3827]

Sadly, whether they work in elite entertainment industry jobs or not, the vast majority of the million and millions of people who live in Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County ALL VOTE FOR THE SAME "PROGRESSIVE" neo-marxist politicians & policies. So regardless of contrasting demographic differences, the large majority of people in LA, Santa Monica, Malibu, etc EMBRACE the insanity with measurable enthusiasm. It's not Election Fraud; it's how they actually vote. It's the same in New York City.

[@chipcook5346]

Exactly.

[@TheBTG88]

And yet, look who they continually elect to public office.

[@dhacker949]

@@TheBTG88 The last five LA mayors have been Richard Riordan (a conservative Republican), James Hahn (a moderate Democrat), Antonio Villaraigosa (a progressive Democrat), Eric Garcetti (a moderate Democrat), and Karen Bass (TBD). It is hardly a record of rule from the Hard Left.

[@TheBTG88]

@@dhacker949 You’re proving that you are living in your SoCal bubble. Between the mayors, attorney generals, Congress people, senators, governors and city councils they have all contributed to turning California and especially LA and SF into crap. There’s a reason that no one refers to CA as ‘The Golden State’ anymore. People are fleeing, which is why CA lost 2 Congressional seats.

[@korlu01]

Diversity in the forefront, but it’s only skin deep. Diversity in thoughts is not tolerated.

[@kaj7135]

“Diversity” is just short for “no whites allowed.”

[@stephenkneller6435]

Diversity in thought is the only type of diversity which has demonstrated to actually be beneficial.

[@frankflammini6935]

I have a friend who works in the industry. He told me, he will not let people know he is Catholic because he would get black listed!

[@tomdalton4293]

BS

[@SA-hz1rs]

Lies

[@frankflammini6935]

BS Lies

[@SA-hz1rs]

@@frankflammini6935 your "friend" lied Another thing...la is mostly catholic too

[@frankflammini6935]

😐

[@bengray4149]

The guys from Trig are like the cerebral version of Beavis and Butthead, putting the world to rights after their own idiosyncratic fashion, cynical and sincere in equal measure. In short, God Bless the guys from Trig.

[@user295295]

Which one is Beavis and which one is Butt-head?

[@cygnusrays]

It"s the homogenization of society, promote mediocrity, then blend it with excellence, create nothing but bland automatons.

[@r1bew42]

"Obedient workers" as George Carlin put it.

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

That's socialism for ya

[@TheGuesteMC]

L.A is a whole different culture than what you're talking about. Hollywierd is an entertainment industry that sells the glamour lifestyle. The actual residents of Los Angeles don't live life according to what Hollywood is trying to present

[@EsotericOccultist]

The big fad in Los Angeles is kissing minoritiy ass and acting like white people owe them something

[@ulyssees30y]

There's a reason it's called LaLa Land.

[@fuzzy3440]

I grew up in LA during the 70's and 80's in the west end of the San Fernando Valley. We had a mix of Hollyweird types (including the porn industry) and very conservative engineers originally from the midwest working in the Defense Industry. The Defense Industry mostly left with budget cuts in the late 80's, and most of those conservative engineers have either died or moved on to other parts of the U.S. leaving mostly just the Hollyweird types and porn stars (grossly exaggerating of course). I left California in the early 90's and I've never looked back. I can verify that most the people in LA live in a bubble; many never even leave the LA area.

[@southlondon86]

Sir did you leave after the ‘92 riots?

[@fuzzy3440]

@@southlondon86 No, I left after the Northridge earthquake.

[@chipcook5346]

Yep. Well, that valley was a different place when Gable and Lombard moved there. It was still a different place when the Bad News Bears was filmed there. Those places are gone except for Gable's house. And you are so right about the days preceding your departure.

[@saxon6]

Regarding putting kids in colleges where the don't have a good chance for success a friend of mine is a principal in DC public schools. He says colleges offer minority students huge scholarships knowing they won't make it past the first usually. Then they get the social credit for "underserved" students but they don't have to pay out because the unprepared kids leave the first year. If they give them to white or Asian kids they know they will pay out more because they are more likely to stay longer or even graduate.

[@goodpainlive]

Never thought of it like that but makes perfect sense. Sad.

[@bonniegirl5138]

Wow.

[@jdfree49]

The reason that left-wing people "solve" bigotry with counter-bigotry is that left-wing people don't think that bigotry is bad. They just want to be on the right side of it.

[@rbarnes4076]

Sadly, I think this is the reality of it.

[@ejtattersall156]

Right wing bigotry used to be mainstream, now it's left.

[@turbokid8719]

Well left wing people have always been bigots ever since the civil war.

[@iliketoast-q9b]

Only that you can't equate the two kinds of bigotry since one is a response to the other. And people on the left side of the political spectrum are not a monolith and being politically left means you are egalitarian, meaning everyone's socially equal. That's overly simplified ofc but bigotry is kind of antithetical to egalitarian principles.

[@ejtattersall156]

@@iliketoast-q9bNo, that's not how it works. Bigotry as a response to anything is always wrong.

[@lefkytheshin]

Living 2 hours from NYC, I used to go to film/tv auditions. However, being straight, White, male, and Christian, I've stopped going altogether. Apparently I'm the bad guy and therefore passed over in favor of D.E.I. hires.

[@jeffnelson4489]

They seem to be so used to the homeless,crime,hookers.I live at beach 20 minutes away and Newport Beach would never allow that kind of activity.Crazy difference so close by.

[@cryora]

More people outside of LA should write books and make movies.

[@kit888]

I read that the American mafia loved how they were portrayed in the Godfather movies and classed up their act to fit that image. Similarly, drug gangs saw themselves portrayed in Miami Vice as using Uzi submachine guns and attack dogs, and upgraded their weaponry to fit.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Not just LA the whole West Coast. It's hyper-optimism gone bad.

[@litheran69]

I was an independent filmmaker trying to break into the mainstream for years. I saw where Hollywood was headed years ago and decided write novels and then hopefully graphic novels instead. But trying to make it in the literary field is just as bad. When publishers find out I'm a blue collar type the interest dries up and the rejections follow. Many agents have women and PoC voices listed as what they're looking for but white male not so much. Consider the fact I'm writing romance fantasy and self-publishing is my only choice. They are homogenizing creativity and art.

[@undermuscled7381]

meritocracy works just fine, elevating someone to a position they did not earn helps no one. However allowing people to have opportunity is the key.

[@angelozachos8777]

The entire female panel ( all gainfully employed millionaires ) on the long-running , horrid, daytime American show THE VIEW , recently agreed that “men were no longer necessary”. First thing I asked myself was “would middle-class and lower-class folks reply the same?”. So true … these L.A celebs really ARE living in a bubble 🙄

[@Tizzz250]

Grew up in LA. you have fitness “influencers” running around in gym clothes taking selfies with crime and homeless in the background now. They say it’s diverse and friendly. ITS NOT. people are cold out here and angry. Moved to another good city (for now) , but once retirement hits the family and I are out of California.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I recall the 100s of retired cops & deputies who had $$$ then ran off to NV, ID, Utah, NM. They wanted to be "free" & have land, fresh air.

[@darthlament2708]

I work security for these people, i can say its much worse than what they're talking about

[@gareth4592]

Can confirm, visited Hollywood and LA in general. I’ve seen 40+ countries, LA has by far the most arrogant self interested people I’ve ever met. It’s the entire culture

[@scillyautomatic]

LA and most of California does, indeed, live in a bubble. It is hard to break thru to them.

[@MickeyPenn]

I've been here in LA for 3 weeks now (work) and it's depressing. I can't go anywhere without someone asking me for money. It's very dirty and overcrowded here with so many homeless people. And food is very expensive around here too. I can't wait to go home to my wife and kids (one more week) 🤞

[@SA-hz1rs]

Lies

[@EsotericOccultist]

​@@SA-hz1rsFacts. Dirty ass degenerate people everywhere, everything is overpriced. Go ride the redline and tell me how clean it is and how wonderful the people are. You know damn well it's a bunch of crackheads and weirdos all over the place

[@richborn6700]

A girl from my hometown here in Minnesota was always a free spirit and fucked off to LA immediately after graduating highschool in 2010. She tells me whenever she's back that I'd do great in LA. I don't know what that says about me. She's a cute bubbly blonde who's spent all her time there in relationships with druggies while bartending and waiting tables. I'm just glad she didn't end up in the adult film industry, even if she had the looks for it

[@24X7CARZ]

Geez. LA native here. People who aren’t from here continue to stupidly equate Hollywood with LA. Most of the Hollywood idiots aren’t even from here.

[@4000Wiggins]

I’m in LA in my forties. A lot of my friends are now becoming less and less woke. We talk about it amongst our friend group but it’s not said out loud past that.

[@avengemybreath3084]

Speak up - you are a grown up.

[@RM-dc6zd]

when the inflection point is reached, and maybe we are near it, the flood of people that will claim they were never part of the DEI cult (despite plenty of evidence to the contrary) will blow your mind.

[@sarahy9513]

​@RM-dc6zd it's happening in my group, too. We're all LA natives, and after college most of them went full kool-aid drinker to the point where I had to limit our time together in order to retain my sanity. They're starting to quietly question things, and most have tried to do some version of the "can't believe anyone ever believed that stuff" distancing in one-on-one conversation with me. It is mind boggling that they really think I don't remember them going all-in just a couple years ago. It just goes to show how much people just go along to get along. I've lost so much respect for people.

[@RM-dc6zd]

@@sarahy9513 I think we are headed to something dramatic, like a “Disco Demolition Night” part II, but on a much wider scale, and on a wider set of issues, given the new era - something more like the ‘Arab Spring’ or the “Cultural revolution” in reverse. The backlash has already started, and it’s long overdue. Some of the most passionate supporters of said backlash will end up taking it too far, and it will probably get very ugly. I feel like a Cassandra - it’s not just that people don’t believe it, they just refuse to listen, and in fact try to shoot the messengers, even those who are friendly and sympathetic. So many people have been “poking the bear”, ignoring the warnings. It’s like the Darwin awards: there won’t be a lot of sympathy to go around once the sht hits the fan

[@avengemybreath3084]

@@sarahy9513 yeah, it’s one thing to know that people are tribal group-thinkers. It’s another to see it displayed in real time by almost everyone you know.

[@roadtrip2943]

Imagine caring about and viewing people who pretend they're someone else

[@shoutatthesky]

A classic example is the trans issue. By far the majority of people think they're insane - as any rational person will. However, if you listen to the media you would think that is an irrational position that only a few hardcore, rightwing, Christian farmers hold! I am sick of their blatant propaganda.

[@iliketoast-q9b]

How is it an example? And what's "the trans issue" exactly?

[@brandonhaygood5286]

​@@iliketoast-q9br/woosh

[@iliketoast-q9b]

@@brandonhaygood5286 What's the joke then? I don't think you know what r/whoosh means...nice boomer moment🤡

[@brandonhaygood5286]

@iSkyline1 Because they answered your questions in their original post, but apparently you couldn't comprehend it.

[@shoutatthesky]

@@iliketoast-q9b You're not very bright are you?

[@cleokey]

I was born and raised in Santa Monica, CA. two years after WWII. I agree with the views about Hollywood ... all I can do is shake my head. I live on the beach, with a cold beer and old cars, and avoid the freeways ✌️😎

[@MinionofNobody]

I am a retired LAPD cop and a retired attorney. I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I spent almost my entire working life in Los Angeles. Most people in Los Angeles have nothing to do with the entertainment industry. Most people in Los Angeles are just average people living average lives. While our environment certainly shapes our lives, the environment that most people in Los Angeles experience on a daily basis has nothing to do with the entertainment industry. Having said that, I occasionally encountered people in the entertainment industry when I was a working cop. One of my favorite encounters was with a guy who played a bunch of bit parts. His parked car was burglarized while he was home one night. The car burglar had cut himself when he smashed the car window and left a drop of blood behind. The actor wanted me to have DNA analysis done on the drop of blood. I explained to the actor that the LAPD reserved DNA analysis for the most serious crimes such as sexual assaults and homicides. At that time, we had neither the budget, the lab facilities, nor the lab technicians to perform DNA analysis on crimes of lesser importance such as burglary from motor vehicle. The actor replied, “Officer, I appeared in two episodes of CSI. I know you can do this.” I had to explain to the actor that CSI was much like Star Trek. They were both science fiction television shows and things happened in them that did not happen in real life.

[@oopomopoo]

While fair, I am curious why you wouldn't be able to. Budget Yada Yada, if if blood can specifically tell you which citizen (assuming citizen) was the culprit without required days of investigations or letting a crime go unsolved, wouldn't that be more than enough? Or is a DNA test astronomically expensive where it's just more feasible to let crime go unpunished, or have a cop or few few a few days / weeks chasing leads before finding the culprit?

[@MinionofNobody]

@@oopomopoo I have been retired for nearly a decade now so things might have changed in the interim. For most of my career, we routinely gathered biological evidence on sexual assaults and homicides. At times, the backlog on analyzing those types of evidence ran over a year. We were pretty much instructed not to gather biological evidence for lesser crimes as it would not be analyzed. It all came down to how to allocate scarce resources. There were limited lab facilities and lab technicians to analyze DNA evidence. There have obviously been improvements in the technology so it might be different now. Even if DNA evidence was gathered, there was no database against which to compare samples. They have only been routinely collecting DNA samples from felony suspects for about fifteen or twenty years in California. Without that database, a person had to be identified as a suspect thru traditional methods before a DNA sample could be gathered from that suspect for comparison. That’s why so many cases went cold even when DNA evidence was gathered. There was a brief period of around a year while I was still working when the LAPD got a Federal grant to gather DNA evidence on lesser crimes. When the Federal grant ran out, they stopped doing so. DNA testing is obviously relatively quick and cheap thru companies like 23andMe these days. If the LAPD isn’t doing DNA gathering on lesser crimes, I anticipate a time when the process is so fast and cheap that it becomes routine. It is possible that they are doing so now but I am out of touch with current events there so I don’t know for certain.

[@mheiseus]

I can confirm this having grown up in LA. People are super delusional there....

[@evalramman7502]

As an Angeleno? Yeah, large segments of the population here, and not just the rich, live in an ideological bubble.

[@GeneralBlorp]

Large segments 🤦‍♂️ oh but not you… classic LA move, nice try

[@sarahjane4908]

But large segments don’t actually. You live here in LA?? Can you imagine a “woke” conversation at the dinner table of a Korean or Russian home? What about Hispanic ppl or older black men? Again, not exactly woke… but I guess discussing the actual diversity in LA wouldn’t get the same number of clicks on the internet

[@evalramman7502]

@@sarahjane4908 Very true - that the non-Woke are of those ethnicities. However, as you know, the Woke and the near-Woke have real power here in LA. The non-Woke must be careful to who we speak.

[@evalramman7502]

@@GeneralBlorp Not everyone in LA is alike, just the majority of those who vote.

[@TerrenceLP]

I started to avoid companies that have or enforce DIE mentality, and it's a great place to be !

[@ktoth29]

It’s a combination of the training that actors go through to make themselves more emotionally available (literally brainwashing themselves to be triggered by anything) and the constant pressure to fit in and please those around you.

[@tmm4461]

I'm more and more thankful that my acting career never took off.

[@Ron-lt3dv]

Hollywood makes the McCarthy era look like Romper Room.

[@zurc_bot]

Sociopaths gonna sociopaths you know

[@lance134679]

I watch a few network TV shows, and it seems like they can barely contain their need to inject "the message" into every moment of every show. Since network TV is for older people (notice that most commercials are for drugs), they have to control themselves or risk losing their audience. But it still seeps in.

[@richborn6700]

I work in a group home and one of my individuals watches Fox News all day. Every commercial is a prescription drug, Tom Sellick schilling reverse mortgages, or infomercials

[@kenmartin6631]

Personal pet peeve: I hate it when actors try to imitate a southern or country accent. Unless they actually grew up in the country, they tend to just sound silly.

[@X_crypto1977]

They absolutely do sound silly. It’s an accent you can’t really fake without sounding ridiculous.

[@Trazynn]

It's humbling to look back at the movies Denis Villeneuve and Christopher Nolan started with. These are all very modest movies on a shoestring budget forcing them to be incredibly creative and with an absolute focus on story and the personal journey of a character. These two men didn't get to be the biggest names in the industry through nepotism, nobody gave them a leg up. They first had to prove themselves through sheer talent.

[@nboy7]

Absolutely, but thats not the norm in Hollywood where its mostly about nepotism and your ideology. Look at Dakota Johnson, probably the worst actress around, yet shes is getting huge roles and making bank.

[@danielshults5243]

If we want more people who are traditionally underrepresented in Hollywood to become the James Camerons and Christopher Nolans of tomorrow, we should be giving those people apprenticeship opportunities, not vaulting them directly to the top. Today's masters have the benefit of long careers full of opportunities to develop, learn from others, and experiment in low stakes environments. Let's help the next generation develop in a similar way. As Drinker put it, you can't jump directly from A-Z. It's a long road. That may not get you any sycophantic pats on the back in the short term, but it will enable success in the long term.

[@douglasstrother6584]

Several years ago I landed a contract-to-hire job as a Software Engineer at a local, well-known defense contractor. (It was the right thing at the right time ... for a while.) My manager told me that it is difficult to bring me on permanently because I am a White Male. His candor was surprising. Shortly thereafter, I landed a permanent position with one of their competitors.

[@virgil3241]

Happens in more than Hollywood. Happens in a ton of government organizations to. They want Yes men, not people that actually question things and make things better. They do the same, you just dont get any position you apply for, no matter how much experience you have.

[@mustang607]

LA, a contagion of mass formation psychosis.

[@Slumbert]

We need a woke o meter. Before people buy it must have a Woke o meter rating.

[@pedzsan]

Remember “Wag the Dog”? The movie industry thought it was the dog directing fashion, culture, etc. But, they are not. They are rather insignificant and 100% depending upon being accepted. They produce nothing of real value. So they can be entirely dismissed and nothing will be lost.

[@dhm7815]

The strangest item in a bubble is the idea that there is a permanent audience captured by a name. For example Harley Davidson tried to market a 250cc Italian 2 stroke motorcycle as a "Harley". They even had a TV ad which showed that at a certain angle on a foggy night (I'm not making this up) the Italian 2 stroke could be mistaken for a Sportster. It took them years before they gave up. So Hollywood buys the name of a franchise, then removes all the tropes the fans like and then convinces themselves that the fans will take more than one look and quit. Then they convince themselves that there are a small number of critics who are convincing the large number of fans to stay away. If they could shut up that small number the fan base would surge back and spread the buzz and you'd reeducate the world to whatever you wanted. They also have convinced themselves that since shaming works within the bubble it will work outside it. The bubble gets rid of heretics who say, "This isn't working." That is answered by the above fallacy: We own the copyright on the name, so we own the audience.

[@bradwhite5884]

I remembered that infamous selfie, didn't thought anything of it, but shows how out of touch they are tbh

[@AndreNitroX]

If you have watched the hunger games, LA is the capital and the rest of us are living in poor district 12 where we have to work hard to just survive.

[@DrakeBrunette]

I was an amateur actor several years ago and I remember I got a few parts in the heart of downtown Los Angeles... There can sometimes be a lot of down time in between shots and thats when actors and some of the crew can get to know each other a little better. I personally believe that it's about a third of them that are living in a bubble. You couldn't make jokes about anything regarding sex, race or gender in front of them. And the types of discussions the worst of them wanted to talk about all revolved around liberal politics, victimization, privilege and basically competing in the oppression olympics... The saddest part of it all (at least for me) was that I could tell many of them wanted to be free to talk and laugh about whatever they wanted. But they were really serious about their future careers in the industry and didn't want to jeopardize that in any way. Many of them are normal people but they're afraid of being cancelled and blacklisted through social media if they express anything that goes against woke-ism. There are some really cool and amazing people throughout that industry that get very little to no credit for the hard work they do. And its sad and strangely ironic that a minority of them have the most influence and actively fight to maintain a vice grip over all their tongues and how they ought to supposedly think and communicate with one another

[@jtlinard3627]

That is exactly why so many of their movies are unwatchable. Theaters in my city are dropping like flies. Been recovering from surgery and have bailed out on more movies than I have watched. Keep going back and watching 20-30 year old movies before every box needed to be checked. Cancelled Netflix never to return. Luckily had plenty to read

[@yeeeehaaawbuddy]

The logic at play here: If you say the wrong thing in Hollywood, you'll be blacklisted. Maybe not directly, but eventually you'll not be recomended for roles, and then you'll be forced to live in the real world, where we all live. I don't see a problem. ALWAYS speak the truth and the truth will set you free.

[@user-fu9vj9ix3g]

Plenty to criticize about LA andother Eliteist Bubbles, but I save my most severe criticism for the all the minions who shape thier thinking based upon an insular group of people who's profession it is to convince us that they are someone else.

[@svtinker]

Quite certain criticism not neural event.

[@purpurina5663]

This is it. They wouldn't exist if they didn't have a following. Ultimately, it all stems from lack of critical thinking.

[@rhythmdroid]

I live in the glowing nucleus of woke entertainment: Hollywood. It is truly an awful place.

[@subterrainia]

Get David Mamet on the mic; he'll give you incredible insight into that cesspool.

[@islanderATP]

same for news organizations and journalists-

[@brianclemensmusic]

I've lived in Los Angeles my entire life. They are 100 percent right

[@aaronhayden1884]

I live in Los Angeles County. It’s the only home I have known, but it is not who I am. Political opinions are easy to have when you are spending someone else’s money, if you know what I mean. I love listening to all 3 of these gentleman!

[@rs7458]

HERE’S MY HOLLYWOOD STORY 👋🏻: I’ve been in LA (the valley area) for about 10 years. I’ve always known the town to be lonely, somewhat fake (depends where you go), selfish, etc. I use to be an actor and worked on sets (brown guy- btw) so I did my homework before moving cross country of locations, income, jobs, while practicing the idea of being alone (yep, really went into depth). When I arrived- I was blessed to have a great entourage in the film world; I also had a group of regular friends (non-filmmakers); I even had a good church and Bible group. Yes, despite the town, I had a good time and GREAT memories but I even started to see the film friends departing from each other- one by one-due to jealousy, over a girl, misunderstanding, etc. sigh…not surprised, but very sad. Fast forward to about 2017/2018ish people became too crazy over their liberal politics. In fact, I thought I was the “classy liberal” type but I guess I was a conservative all along. Keep in mind- before 2016- this was never the issue nor anyone mentioned their views. However, when 2020 happened, all three groups- about 95%- were out of my life due to my questions, views, etc. I even had to change churches bc it became “woke”; I also even began to hate movies due to the wokeness and if you asked anyone I use to watch them all the time but now I barely go to the theater. They really do force “diversity” down to your throats and- yes- you can’t tell it’s based on merit or diversity hire. However, most seem to filter out- fast-just like constant videos in social media. There are no more movie stars, but only superheroes, new TV shows, franchises made into more sequels, or - yes - identity politics. Truly, the 90s was the last good decade-all the way about 2008ish. Now, it’s been about 4 years and I am at a crossroad where I want to move- looking for a new career- bc it’s just frustrating how people get offended over anything. You can’t even find a date without them wanting to know your political or religious views. Lastly, I’ve been doing my side hustles (deliveries as one of them) and I can’t tell you how dead the areas are now due to the mass exodus of people leaving (with the exception of weho or Beverly Hills); I’ve also worked at high elite events in catering (weddings, movie awards, bar mitzvahs, corporate, etc.) and I am so desensitized by it all since you can see the fakeness and the misery from everyone since they all want to be seen or seek validation. The women would look sexy but bored as they take constant IG photos while the men either want to be left alone, chill or can be assholes. Yes, you may find similar experiences in other parts of the world but I can assure you the charm of LA is long gone and it seems- well- eerie and quiet (Perhaps, it’s that way for something big to happen in election 2024). Anyway…don’t ever live in LA unless you have family, going to college or a high paid job since the middle class is fleeting while it’s turning into a socialistic norm with only high or low class societies. Most rich homes I’ve been all passed down from generations. Unless you have prestige, nepotism or a lucky opportunity it’s impossible. Honestly, if I do become successful in LA that would be my immediate ticket to leave. …sorry for the long message but thought all of you should know the truth. Aside that- the weather is great! This town can develop you a thick skin and- despite everything I’ve said- LA is sporadic so there are good people but hard to lock down. In the end- it’s worth living a quiet life with good relationships bc we all get old and irrelevant- one day- in this world (I knew that lesson when I left home for LA). DON’T CHASE AFTER THE WIND! Live below your means but- yes- definitely- aim high; go to a red state- especially with no income tax, which you get bank for your buck. If you do want to make movies then you have every opportunity given to you: iPhones, digital cameras, people that will work for free, etc.. This is what I did before moving to Los Angeles back 10 years ago- shooting my own stuff. If the daily wire opened the door, then there should be more to come in other states to make their own films without any involvement of liberal agenda Hollywood. I hope that happens! No excuses! Good luck and God bless you all!

[@peterinbohol]

It’s not a bubble. It’s a pit of hell.

[@Greycop]

Its so good to hear normal people see the insanity

[@anansison7237]

End discrimination by discriminating 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Pretty much..

[@almost_harmless]

This also applies to how some people seem to think that what happens in the US (BLM, Wokeism etc.), should affect the world. Not all people with darker skin tone has been a slave, not all white males over a certain age are racist and have ancestors who were slave owners. I am pretty sure this is not restricted to the US either. We are all influenced by our own culture in some way, but some of us aren't as arrogant as to think it applies to the whole world.

[@scarba]

Forget Labour Conservative. We need woke party and anti-woke and then we can sort the wheat from the chaff

[@sticksman1979]

Can you get a bigger table next time?!

[@jabousan9111]

I wouldn't just blame the inexperienced director, but the chain of command (producers, CEOs, script analysts, etc.) who 'green-light' these bad films, confident that they're getting the 'message' across. And nobody dares say anything for fear of seeing the film cancelled. Just a bunch of yes-men defending their bread without realizing that bread is going to disappear.

[@markuhler2664]

The Daily Wire (or any others that come along) will have that same learning curve. Hopefully they'll get a chance to get the experience.

[@user-vt9pc9xc5b]

"Have you ever been to L.A.?" "No" "Great. Let's get your opinions about L.A" "Well, I've read that........."

[@davidkey4272]

While I can understand how a "bubble" might exist and explain a lot of the behavior, let's not forget that when there was a actor, director, or producer who did insert a dissenting opinion, even for the sake of balance, they were black listed. You can't really say "They just don't know," they do, and they are making decisions based on a "religious" belief, nothing else.

[@habituallinestepper8839]

Discrimination Exclusion Indoctrination

[@mojoschmee9320]

Not everyone in LA is living in a bubble. That's ridiculous. Many are living in tents, along the curbside...

[@varrick1226]

Best comment on this thread.

[@SA-hz1rs]

Florida sucks

[@wesrm1]

Nobody walks in L.A.

[@kyleshockley1573]

Summer tends to get gross and uncomfortable the closer to downtown LA you get. Therefore the entire globe is heating up and the world will end within our lifetimes. Such is the bubble of Hollywood.

[@DragNetJoe]

I lived a lot of my life in the greater LA area. There are normal people, not "Everyone" in LA doesn't live in a bubble. The entertainment industry in LA is a bubble inside a bubble. It's a double-bubble.

[@petermj1098]

Politicians want people to either be poor or rich in LA, no in between.

[@vryc]

The overall problem with Hollywood is much larger than this. Their entire funding model is broken, their entire investment return model is broken, the way tax credits work is so incredibly opaque, etc. We're looking at an entire industry that has made very little financial sense since about the mid-2000s but has its first wobbles in the mid/late 1990s. They haven't promoted actual incoming creative potential in a long time and breaking into Hollywood is becoming increasingly difficult and there a dwindling opportunities to do so in smaller film endeavors. We're witnessing the silo-ing and filtering of the entire system as it gets concentrated into fewer and fewer thus far more powerful stakeholder control. Streaming looked like it offered a possible future but the problems it introduces only exacerbates the issues plaguing the industry.

[@anonygent]

Thing is, there's an alternative for independent creators to get their product out, and it's called KZbin. There are HUNDREDS, maybe thousands of short films available on KZbin now, some of them quite good, and the really good ones get a lot of attention. TV and movies no longer have the market to themselves, which may explain why they have been able to become more and more insular. When they needed to be more mainstream, they were.

[@jimdaw65]

2:45 "Doing the opposite is just replicating the problem, it's not fixing it". That should be in a Dictionary of Quotations.

[@DrProgNerd]

I have a friend who has worked in the entertainment industry for decades. He cannot discuss his conservative political opinions - for fear of losing his job. So much for diversity, equity and inclusion.

[@Billiepippen]

some people are never satisfied no matter how much they have. these people are in first place and still complaining that they don't have enough. and they wonder why they are being replaced. nobody likes ungrateful people.

[@SvenReinck]

A company like Disney could start a program where directors with any level of experience can produce a short film with maybe a budget of $100k. Then they publish it on KZbin and the movies with the best ratings get extended into a full cinema movie. It would be a simple solution to give everyone an equal opportunity. It’s just natural that not everyone gets the same outcome.

[@sole__doubt]

There are plenty women and ethnic minorities in old movies so obviously they werent discriminated against when its comes to parts in Hollywood. Even Konstantin is repeating the nonsense from the woke. I did not have that on my bingo card.

[@mawnkey]

Combine the bubble with the writing of Gramsci and boom, you've got a recipe for self-destructive wokeness.