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minus-squarethegr8goldfish@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 hours agoDon’t they have paid firefighters for the rich and volunteers for everyone else? I think I remember hearing about Oprah’s property being protected first when Hawaii was burning last. I would expect something similar in California. Money talks.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMindlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-214 hours agoMost of firefighters in California, at least those fighting wildfires, are prison inmates, which is constitutionally slave labour.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoIt’s not volunteers actually, it’s prisoners being used as forced labor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/08/la-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters
minus-squareAnnalinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoThat is all true, but I think OP is talking about news channels monetizing wildfire
Don’t they have paid firefighters for the rich and volunteers for everyone else? I think I remember hearing about Oprah’s property being protected first when Hawaii was burning last. I would expect something similar in California. Money talks.
Most of firefighters in California, at least those fighting wildfires, are prison inmates, which is constitutionally slave labour.
It’s not volunteers actually, it’s prisoners being used as forced labor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/08/la-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters
You mean slaves?
yup
That is all true, but I think OP is talking about news channels monetizing wildfire