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Just capitalism working as intended (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not volunteers actually, it's prisoners being used as forced labor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/08/la-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean slaves?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

IIRC i read somewhere that these prison people volunteered, actually.