I always try to carefully consider the motivations behind different actions before passing judgment. For instance, I've had some bad work experiences that I worry most would reduce down to "corporate evil" when in reality the situation involved innocent disorganization, supervisors occupied with other understandable priorities, or winding up in a frustrating position because the company liked me but didn't have any proper work for me. There's a multitude of reasons why things go wrong in the workplace beyond neglect, abuse, or greed.
As an indie creator, I'm constantly questioning... when I cross an imaginary dollar line or stop putting up a "quirky artist" persona, will people start calling me greedy for high prices I can't control or rushed/low-quality content that was previously forgiven as me being a developing artist? Once corporations become faceless, it's easy to lose sight of the humanity behind them, easy to reduce every motivation down to "greed," easy to assume the workers and directors don't also have to make tough choices or make mistakes thanks to being humans.
On the bright side of the creative world, writing fiction has actually helped me a lot in learning to understand where people are coming from. Several times now I've written a POV from a group or viewpoint I was passionately opposed to and learned to see why the "other side" thinks like they do. It's helped me break down my own biases and realize that those whose ideas I consider wrong/harmful aren't "crazy," they're just human like me.
I always try to carefully consider the motivations behind different actions before passing judgment. For instance, I've had some bad work experiences that I worry most would reduce down to "corporate evil" when in reality the situation involved innocent disorganization, supervisors occupied with other understandable priorities, or winding up in a frustrating position because the company liked me but didn't have any proper work for me. There's a multitude of reasons why things go wrong in the workplace beyond neglect, abuse, or greed.
As an indie creator, I'm constantly questioning... when I cross an imaginary dollar line or stop putting up a "quirky artist" persona, will people start calling me greedy for high prices I can't control or rushed/low-quality content that was previously forgiven as me being a developing artist? Once corporations become faceless, it's easy to lose sight of the humanity behind them, easy to reduce every motivation down to "greed," easy to assume the workers and directors don't also have to make tough choices or make mistakes thanks to being humans.
On the bright side of the creative world, writing fiction has actually helped me a lot in learning to understand where people are coming from. Several times now I've written a POV from a group or viewpoint I was passionately opposed to and learned to see why the "other side" thinks like they do. It's helped me break down my own biases and realize that those whose ideas I consider wrong/harmful aren't "crazy," they're just human like me.