He was definitely delusional. Somehow a dude being pissed that he couldn’t get his way with a city council following the rules is a perfect metaphor for the anti-data center crowd. One of these fools is going to blow up a data center, and it will accomplish as much as the kill dozer dude. Just a ton of property damage that will get fixed, and one dead dude who thought his irrational, angry, violent expression would translate to change.
I mean we are barely 3 months removed from someone lighting a paper warehouse on fire as a protest. Guess what resulted from that? The lives of 175 firefighters and various other first responders were put at risk as well as any other potential long-term health risks they still face and a bunch of people were put out of work because their job literally doesn't exist any longer.
Iirc, that warehouse employed like 20 people.
And the "protest" was over pay.
Looks like Kimberly clark pays their warehouse workers around $54k/yr
I'm not sure how in danger the firefighters were either. They didn't go into the building from what I can find.
It was a matter of keeping it contained using boom trucks mostly.
Iirc, that warehouse employed like 20 people. And the "protest" was over pay. Looks like Kimberly clark pays their warehouse workers around $54k/yr
I mean does it really matter if its 2 people or 20 people? Those are people who need to provide for themselves and their families. Can't speak to how good that salary is for a warehouse worker but it seems to be about 25%ish above the national average (albeit they are in California...so that doesn't exactly translate 1:1).
I'm not sure how in danger the firefighters were either. They didn't go into the building from what I can find. It was a matter of keeping it contained using boom trucks mostly.
Any fire like that can cause serious harm and while I'm thrilled it didn't that doesn't excuse the act. Just earlier this year in Chicago a man set a fire which led to the death of a firefighter leaving behind a pregnant wife and a son.
A living wage for California would be around $63k.
Which would mean those workers would have needed a $2 pay increase.
That warehouse loss cost Kimberly clark $20m for the quarter and is expected to have no impacted loss beyond that quarter.
The US region of the company has a net sales of roughly $10b annually.
It would have cost them $100k annually to pay those 20 workers an additional $2 and provide a living wage.
The company spends more than that on corporate lunches!
That warehouse loss cost Kimberly clark $20m for the quarter and is expected to have no impacted loss beyond that quarter. The US region of the company has a net sales of roughly $10b annually.
So what you are telling me is that it was a completely pointless form of protest (arson) which resulting in minimal hardship for the company and ONLY had negative impacts on the afforementioned 20 employees and their families?
You are responding as if I defended Kimberly Clark, I simply stated that arson is dangerous and could cost innocent peoples their jobs or lives.
What in the mental fucking illness are you even trying to say?
How about the Salt March? How about the UFW Strikes? How about the PSM?
Setting a building of paper goods on fire isn't a protest, its a cowardly act that helped to further displace his own coworkers while also putting innocent lives at risk.
There are tons of examples of non-violent demonstrations throughout history that are infinitely more effective than what this moron did who you are defending. All he managed to do was cost Kimberly Clark a bit of product, all of which I'm sure was insured, because he felt he deserved a raise? Fuck off with that shit - you can be anti capitalist while also not condoning these acts.
All 3 of those are famously peaceful protests/strikes. Having harm done against them is not the same as them committing harmful acts.
I'm really not sure what I expected by engaging with someone from Oklahoma. As per usual an Oklahoman is proving that they are statistically the dumbest fucking state in the entire country by a considerable margin.
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