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California has private firefighters. This is not a joke, they really do.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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Fake, but funny.
Many news sources are reporting that it is a real tweet.
Apparently the tweet has been deleted. If its fake its bamboozled dozens of reputable news outlets. Looks real to me.
I had called fake because that account doesn't even exist, but according to that article (thanks for the link), the entire account was deleted as well.
This is indistinguishable from satire for me. I honestly can't tell if it is or isn't.
It ain't going to get any easier either.
Hasn't California had super majority democratic rule for like ten years straight? Why is op complaining on Trump supporter?
Trump withholds aid from states he didn't win, or governor's he doesn't like. Regressive climate policy in general, remember when he said Cali should rake the forest. X poster wasn't satire, and vocally supports a regime that will abandon him to flames
https://ballotpedia.org/Party_control_of_California_state_government
Looks like they have had trifecta (3/3) and two thirds control for last 33 years... But sure 4 years of Trump did this.
California has adopted a responsible climate agenda. Unfortunately, there's the rest of the country not doing this.
https://x.com/jimmy_dore/status/1877783387076956492
How about disaster prevention additions? Increased budget for lafd, or has the budget been cut......
I said California, and you are changing the scope. But yeah, that was a bad move to take money from the FD.
Well the scope for California is the same...
"The 2024-25 California state budget, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law in June 2024, slashed funding for wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million as part of a series of cutbacks according to an analysis by the state's Legislative Analyst's Office"
ironically Wasser, of course means water in German ... Wasserman will pay any amount.. for water
"what do you mean money cant solve side effects of climate crisis"
Thinking big and thinking ahead are woke, I want to throw money at any problem instead.
There is no elite prime plan for climate change, bitch.
just wait
In the end, without some kind of society to support you, all you can do with your wealth is stick it up your ass.
(Like not you zarathustra0, the figurative "you".)
Don't worry, they're doing their best to replace society with LLMs.
They seem to have a pretty good stranglehold on it in the mean time, though.
One understands.
Where is capitalism when you need it?
I am not really sure capitalism is the problem, rather tech and politics. I mean, do you have any practical alternative to the oil industry and also a handful of skilled politicians that will convince most of the population to consume less than they already do for a few years while we implement this new tech?
The point isn't the economy, is those which consume it: us, we, me and you.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/no-miracles-needed/8D183E65462B8DC43397C19D7B6518E3
The solutions have been sitting there for a while. The lack of political support is almost entirely due to oil companies. It's just capitalism.
Still, someone is paying those oil companies, and I cannot see a bigger culprit than the end consumer. I mean, we don't really have a choice in the matter since we alone have no power over it, we either accept it or, well, go dark.
Delicious "where is your God now" moment.
Fun fact: this is how fire fighters used to be.
There'd be fire markers on the outer walls to indicate which fire protection company covered that building and whichever firefighter turned up would bill that fire protection company who'd then bill the customer/customer's insurance company.
Edit: typo.
City where I live burned to the ground TWO times so they finally established a fire department in the 1800s
There is a scene in gangs of new york that pretty accurately shows how some fire fighters worked back then.
Fact: Yes.
Fun: Not so much.
Crassus: laughs maniacally
For as much as authoritarians and the GOP voters hate California, a lot of them live there. Just another facet of their "Rules for thee" lifestyle.
I mean I absolutely hate and despise NY despite living there for 26 years. I finally had the opportunity to move away and did but it was a solid 8 years before I could.
I’m sure there are Californians who feel the same.
Some of them are leaving - and making a big spectacle of it and using their departure to feed into the lie that "EvErYoNe iS LeAviNg CaLiFoRniA!!1!"
But I wish more of the really obnoxious ones would leave. The reasonable Republicans/moderate conservatives? I have no problem with them staying and promoting a different perspective. That's good for the state. But the reactionary hard-core cult members can fuck right off.
I have no problem with them staying and promoting a different perspective.
I wish conservatism wasn't the only different perspective being promoted. It's the gateway to all the bullshit happening everywhere.
Think of Trump, a billionaire New York real estate mogul, who's made his career off the support of people who... hate rich city-dwellimg developers.
Remember, according to their followers California deserves this for being heathens. Not the flood in NC though, or the hurricane in FL. Those are just flukes, but anyone in CA deserves it according to them. Even this guy.
Eat the rich
But first, roast the rich!
We should know this is the way... Mother nature is cooking them for us ffs