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As with most enormous disasters, there wasn’t just one simple mistake that led to the Los Angeles fires. There appear to be many decisions, made over the course of many years, by many different people, that led to our present circumstance, in which something like this was possible. Interestingly, all of them were decisions made by leftists, in the interest of advancing leftism. For example:
There are many other factors to consider, of course. But let’s start with those. It would be fascinating to share this list with a Democrat voter, and ask them the following question: “In retrospect, after seeing the destruction of the Los Angeles fires, which of those decisions turned out to be mistakes?”
Ask California Democrats who just lost their homes. Ask California Democrats who live elsewhere, but saw what happened. Ask Democrats anywhere in America, who have been watching the news.
What would they say?
What could they possibly say?
It’s difficult for a devout believer to see flaws in his/her religion, even when staring evidence right in the face. I suspect that they may not even understand the question.
But for Democrats who voted for Biden, and comfort themselves with faith in racism and climate change, but have become concerned with things they can see, like inflation or potential world wars – these people may be starting to wonder about the impact of leftist policies.
And then they see this. This is hard to ignore.
I wonder if you asked them which of those policies turned out to be mistakes – VERY VERY COSTLY MISTAKES – I wonder what they would say?
I’m not sure.
But I am sure of one thing. Our media will devote itself, night and day, to be sure that no one EVER asks those questions in a public forum.
After all, that’s their job.
They need to make sure Democrats stay in power. After all, Republicans are dangerous.
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I can say with certainty that a large cohort of California voters will say it was a failure to address climate change sooner.
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yes, and failure to use the existing reservoirs like the 117 million gallon Palisades reservoir, which was closed for "cosmetic" repairs.
Also, regulating the insurance companies out of offering policies.
When you fail to plan...you plan to fail.
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Psyops are executed because they work. Mostly.
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The interesting question is: to whom did the water district divert the water that previously went into that reservoir? The feeder system had to be changed pretty significant, wouldn’t you think? It didn’t go nowhere.
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a) Global Warming.
b) It's all Trump's fault.
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