That's true of any industry. They may not be as visible as those in popular media, but it's generally just as true.
The only reason the "nepo baby" epithet has taken off is because of parasocial pop culture relationships.
There's lots of people who aren't "nepo babies" who do achieve success. Assuming that these people would never make it without their connections is speculative and not just a little bit petty.
NightOwl@lemmy.one 7 months ago
Depends on the industry. Degree based ones like medicine or accounting and or trades are easier to get into the industry to make a comfortable living for the average perdon. Now upper tier is another matter, and that does heavily benefit from relationships if going for like high management level positions.
But, the art and performance based ones like movies and music is one where relationship definitely is heavily shifted to being important, and talent and work ethic guarantees nothing. And financial security is very unstable and hard to attain for the average person, so every advantage matters.