And I want this, and I want that...

This is what happens when you have socialism run amok. When I first read this article, I thought it was a prank, after all whoever heard of out of work actors complaining that there's not enough unemployment benefits; get a job as a waiter like all the other actors out there.

Then I actually read the headline mentioning Cannes. "Ahh," I thought to myself, "they're French actors!"

That's how bad the socialist society is in France; a bunch of freakin' actors (actors for crying out loud!) are able to threaten the biggest film festival on the planet because no one will hire them.

And this money quote just ices the cake for me.

"Daily Variety quoted a spokesman for one group of workers as saying that it planned to 'denounce the system and its treatment of cinema as merchandise.'"

Its treatment of cinema as merchandise? You mean movies making money, right? How else do you expect to get the employment you're whining about if they're not allowed to treat cinema as merchandise, Pierre?!

This is the extended, logical conclusion that awaits any society that wishes to extend ridiculous amounts of entitlements to its citizenry instead of setting up a system in which that citizenry has the opportunities necessary to make a go of it themselves.