The WGA writers strike will go down as a pivotal moment in the counteroffensive against vulture capitalism, not unlike what Christian Smalls did at the Amazon warehouse Staten Island. Why? Because writers - fiction, non-fiction, whatever - tell the larger story. Not only theirs, but everyone’s. Either a soulless drive for endless corporate profit despite any ethical consideration wins….or people win. It can’t be both ways. This is not just about money, it’s about freedom. In the words of FDR, “a necessitous man is not a free man.” An economic system - in Hollywood or anywhere else - that thrives by keeping the majority of people in a necessitous situation is an attack on freedom. From ancient Greeks to modern writers on strike, the storytellers free us because they help us understand. Go writers! You tell that story. Help everyone understand.