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minus-squarethegr8goldfish@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 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-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 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-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoIIRC i read somewhere that these prison people volunteered, actually.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-223 hours agoMost of firefighters in California, at least those fighting wildfires, are prison inmates, which is constitutionally slave labour.
minus-squareAnna@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 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.
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
IIRC i read somewhere that these prison people volunteered, actually.
You mean slaves?
yup
Most of firefighters in California, at least those fighting wildfires, are prison inmates, which is constitutionally slave labour.
That is all true, but I think OP is talking about news channels monetizing wildfire