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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 44 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I hate how these disasters are always benchmarked in dollars. Like yes I guess that's the most convenient metric but it obfuscates the human cost

Also interesting to note that musk could cut a check for this twice over and still have 100 billion left over

[–] BabyTurtles@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're using incarcerated slaves to fight the fires, in sure they're absolutely miserable that they can't use slavery to rebuild their McMansions too.

[–] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 27 points 5 months ago

Theres nothing stopping them from using prison slave labour to rebuild. Thats what they're there for. And california just voted to keep slavery.

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