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Canada has a legit wildfire season, and electrical and accidents obviously occur, but it also has an arson problem apparently because the fires drive a set of o
by motohagiography 2y ago
Canada has a legit wildfire season, and electrical and accidents obviously occur, but it also has an arson problem apparently because the fires drive a set of other narratives. eco-terrorism has its own internal status system that incentivises it. It's a source of chaos for its own sake. The irony is that instead of dealing with the crime, police mainly protect these "activists" from the communities they harass and the impunity from traditional consequences just makes them worse.
- mgbmtl 2y agoI mean, sure, you could blame the climate crisis on the petrol companies that have doubled production in Alberta in the past 10 years, or you suspect "eco-terrorists" which, as far as I know, is a Maxime Bernier conspiracy theory that has never been proven, despite the fact that environmental groups are constantly under CSIS watch? (https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230609-canada-wildfires-spark-ecoterrorist-conspiracy-theory https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230609-canada-wildfi...)
- Legogris 2y agoBBC podcast series Burning Wild paints a pretty different picture than your narrative. Highly recommended. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0cx6tw7 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0cx6tw7