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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 hours ago

I'd like to remind fellow Californians or those outside of our state, last election we held a state wide Prop on if the state should keep using prison labor for things like forest fires and other government tasks like this.

California overwhelmingly voted to keep it in place. I mean, I didn't.

So the firefighters who are understaffed, underpaid, catching new medical issues are all prisoners who might have some something as simple as be homeless next to a cop's patrol to guarantee funding for next quarter.

This is America. Arresting the minorities and poor, sending them to clean up the messes the government refuses to clean, and then funding the cops to make more arrests.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago

Send them cop tanks in. Surely they'll make sure the fire stops resisting.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago

LA? More like LAMO

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 points 10 hours ago

I used to say no one ever said f fire fighters but here we are.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 57 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Solution: send the cops in to fight the fires. All they're good for is defending capital, so let's see what they've got.

[–] myusernameis@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 hours ago

We keep shooting it and yelling "stop resisting" but the fire won't stop!

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They're good at murdering people too!

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago

That's everywhere, as far as I can tell.

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, seems real convenient huh?

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Also convienent a lot of little fires popping up at the same time. Almost like a Backdraft situation

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 20 hours ago

California can't even commit to stopping the mismanagement of fire prevention. You expect them to commit funding?

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

That's hot!