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Not even close. It is control environment where success is bestowed random thoughts Send a noteboard - 13/10/2017 02:16:09 PM

If the jobs that require actual skills like writing and directing are not rare skills it all comes down to who get selected by the power brokers which makes it much more like communism than capitalism. You get famous if you get cast in the correct role. Yes it does take some talent but looks are more important and fame trumps all. Producers and directors do live and die to some degree by how much money their movies makes but even that is usually driven by their fame and the projects they are selected for.

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You also assume everyone else with wealth just got lucky if you got rich that way Tom - 20/10/2017 07:01:55 PM 419 Views
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Weinstein was a virtue signaller aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 06:59:13 PM 493 Views
The music industry is just as bad random thoughts - 12/10/2017 06:59:34 PM 510 Views
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I prefer the artsie all emotion no reasoning explanation *NM* random thoughts - 13/10/2017 02:09:45 PM 259 Views
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wut? aerocontrols - 12/10/2017 09:57:09 PM 462 Views
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A question for the ages that has an answer: aerocontrols - 13/10/2017 03:09:29 PM 483 Views
Hm. You're completely misunderstanding my post. Legolas - 12/10/2017 11:09:11 PM 500 Views
the point you are misisng is the succes is selection process not a talent process random thoughts - 13/10/2017 02:22:04 PM 459 Views
I think you're making this up aerocontrols - 13/10/2017 03:03:18 PM 469 Views
Uh, the two sentences from your post that I quoted? Legolas - 13/10/2017 07:24:58 PM 503 Views
The two sentences you quoted don't say anything positive about capitalism aerocontrols - 13/10/2017 08:12:49 PM 431 Views
What actual point would that be, then? Legolas - 13/10/2017 11:55:56 PM 471 Views
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You're amazingly ignorant of what capitalism consists. Cannoli - 12/10/2017 11:15:51 PM 560 Views
absolutely damookster - 13/10/2017 05:09:40 PM 594 Views
Isn't that likely the future of teaching? aerocontrols - 13/10/2017 05:43:15 PM 585 Views
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Funnily enough, we seem to agree on most points. Here was me thinking I wrote in plain English... *NM* Legolas - 13/10/2017 07:29:15 PM 258 Views
There seemed to be an implication that there's something wrong with it, or that more is expected *NM* Cannoli - 14/10/2017 06:08:59 AM 261 Views
Not even close. It is control environment where success is bestowed random thoughts - 13/10/2017 02:16:09 PM 621 Views
See, if it were communism, everybody working on a movie would get paid the same. Legolas - 13/10/2017 07:41:18 PM 566 Views
are talked communism in theory or practice? random thoughts - 17/10/2017 03:36:59 AM 493 Views
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