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A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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Date Created: June 21, 2023

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[–] tragicinfo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

He should just douse the fire with bootstraps.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 29 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"Why isn't throwing money at the fire making it stop????"

[–] red_october@reddthat.com 38 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Get fucked Keith, Crassus and his shitty private firemen haven't been around for a fat minute. But hey you should celebrate, this is your free market paradise right here. Meteorological markets shorted the value of your home's existence.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

He's gonna get an insurance payout like almost everyone there. I wouldn't be surprised if state legislature takes tax money from the masses to make the rich who live there 'whole' on top of it.

Then there's FEMA/Federal tax dollars that they'll get even if the state government doesn't hand them piles of cash.

They always get their payday. They never actually risk anything, they just steal from the middle class taxpayers.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well think of the shareholders. This is gonna tank some insurance companies.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Bah, insurance companies never lose man. They're just gonna crank up rates come policy renewal time and earn a commission/profit on top of the increased rates.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t know, but I was being sarcastic. Fuck ‘em.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

Fuck 'em. Lol

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, dude doesn't understand that old "I'll put out the fire but you have to sell me your house for $5,000" trick

[–] frezik@midwest.social 10 points 2 hours ago

Congratulations! After processing your payment of $1392.63, we have put out the fire on your house.

Since everything else around you is still burning, we will require another $1392.63 to come out again.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 62 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

People need to realize the rich are not smart. And when they fuck things up, we all suffer.

It’s nice to see them fuck around and find out, but we cannot afford to keep watching them find out on climate change. They’re going to get us all killed.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 45 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

Is it bad I kind of want to con these rich fucks out of some of their money so I can afford to move away from this greed prison country?

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No not at all, they don't deserve more money than us.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I know! But I always bog myself down with moralistic, philosophical questions like "is that how they got started?" and "does that make me as loathsome as them?"

Questions they I doubt they ever felt the weight of.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago

Most of them got started with generational wealth. Be careful though. The only crime the rich people get in trouble for is stealing from other rich people.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Just send them official looking bills with obtuse language describing the billed work. Many will just pay them without looking further into things. I once did a landscaping delivery to some nouveau riche looking a-hole who bragged about being so busy and rich, that he just payed whatever bills came in. He also wasn't that, but liked to look the part. Probably swimming in debt right now.

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Posts like these are why the next regime in both LA and California will be more conservative, even if that just means centrist.

The way these fires have unfolded indicate a pretty big failure of state and local government. It's not the first time both entities have been caught unprepared for stuff like this.

Instead of having an honest conversation, the liberal world is just going "Drunpf bad". Eventually most people are just gonna vote for someone who promises to fix things.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

those poor rich people! gasp!

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 51 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Welcome to the days before professional police and fire. Where only the wealthy could afford to pay for their homes to be protected or crimes against them to be pursued. The poor had to hope for community to come to their aid.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The police have always acted mostly for the benefit of the rich. American police started out as slave catchers for wealthy plantation owners.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

All true. They protect wealth.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -2 points 1 hour ago

And then there's California, where nobody gets access to fire response

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Calling it: Trump will privatize those services to ensure rich people never have to watch their houses burn because the firefighters were busy saving poors

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

The poor will just get substandard service and usage fees vs the rich who will get it included in their insurance.

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