What used to happen in Southern California is that fire would come through a brush region; it would burn and burn slowly over months.
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In the past, people didn't die in the Southern California fires because they weren't ignorant enough to try to live in a carpet bomb.
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Zero homes burned down because, again, people weren't entitled enough to think they could build a home in the middle of fireland.
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But over time (maybe spurred by fear of black/brown neighbors), rich people somehow thought it a good idea to build homes in the mountains.
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And, because rich people wield incredible influence, federal, state, and local authorities came to try to eliminate wildfires.
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Like... they're actually called wildfires. They're wild. And we somehow think we can tame them? Nah.
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totally agree- so. california is + was a desert, very dry region. aren't low income communities also losing homes to fires tho?
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This exact headline is on my list of things I wanted to write in the next year or so :) @canislatrans
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