☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoLA inferno could inflict a $150 billion economic wound, with a grueling 10-year recovery aheadfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkLA inferno could inflict a $150 billion economic wound, with a grueling 10-year recovery aheadfortune.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·edit-24 months agoI 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
minus-squareBabyTurtles [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·4 months agoThey’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.
minus-squareSelf_Sealing_Stem_Bolt [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 months agoTheres nothing stopping them from using prison slave labour to rebuild. Thats what they’re there for. And california just voted to keep slavery.
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·4 months agoIt’s the only way to get a westerner to understand is if you bite your nails over how sad the money will be.
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
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.
Theres nothing stopping them from using prison slave labour to rebuild. Thats what they’re there for. And california just voted to keep slavery.
It’s the only way to get a westerner to understand is if you bite your nails over how sad the money will be.