joker-troll What if I told you they don't qualify for their EMT certification so municipal fire departments won't hire them, leaving only temporary seasonal work that pays slightly more than minimum wage if those places will even hire felons?

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

so you mean they have the FREEDOM to not be ENSLAVED by GOVERNMENT AGENCIES like the fire department? and don't even get me started on these unconstitutional age of consent laws. we should just get rid of the whole government and let walmart control everything huh guys that would be so much cooler wouldn't it. imagine if the whole world was a walmart. that would be so cool.

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What if I further told you many rural cities/towns don't even have a publicly funded fire department? That it's privately funded via donations and the first responders are volunteers? (Or a mix of cops (paid obviously), EMT (also paid, but shittily), and firefighters who could be paid or volunteer))

Arguably the first or second most important (with cops being not on the list) people for "saving your life if you get in accident or home is on fire" just being like an afterthought. It's fucking psychotic shit. Any sane society would instantly start firing cops until the fire department is fully funded. Glorified traffic nannies who sometimes go off on power trips murdering people... or guys making sure your neighbor's grease fire doesn't also burn down your home.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Correct especially in rural areas all firefighters are volunteers and/or prison labor

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

If you told me that, I wouldn't like it one bit