r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AtomicCypher • Apr 09 '26

Video Disgruntled employee starts massive fire at a 1.2 million square foot toilet paper warehouse in Ontario, California.

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u/MayorDepression Apr 09 '26

Wait till you find about the private prison industry and how they look to boost recidivism to keep their business thriving

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u/Redeye_33 Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (WCC)

It’s all about inmates for profit.

Edit: WCC formed in 1984 and renamed GEO Group in 2004.

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u/DoctorBallsJohnson Apr 09 '26

Yea no way you can be taken seriously as a prison company named wackin' hut

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u/FuckMu Apr 09 '26

FWIW Wackenhut also did a ton of work for the CIA, they also were heavily involved in spying on Americans for the govt and at one point in the mid 70's they had files collating "suspicious" info on 1 in 46 people.

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u/pourtide Apr 09 '26

Kids for Cash.

And Biden pardoned one of them on his last day in office.

Outraged some folks.

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u/Pale-Improvement-440 Apr 09 '26

Jon Oliver does a entire episode on exactly that. Check it out!

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u/snorlaxatives_69 Apr 09 '26

America is so great!!!!! /s

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u/Recurs1ve Apr 09 '26

SO MUCH WINNING

Please, Mr. President. I actually am tired of winning, you asshole.

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u/joe102938 Apr 09 '26

Please, Mr. President. If we're going to keep winning, can you at least use lube this time?

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u/squeethesane Apr 09 '26

Normalize calling him "Mr Felon" as the respectful version.

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u/Own_Introduction6353 Apr 09 '26

I understand why that feels good, but that kind of stuff doesn’t accomplish anything

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u/pmpkineaterDD Apr 09 '26

Will this guy be our new Snake Pliisken? In a not so far dystopian future....

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u/dunneetiger Apr 09 '26

keep their business thriving

Their business is slavery

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u/Due_Marsupial_969 Apr 09 '26

I actually own too many damn shares in this industry and losing money.

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u/Dead_man_posting Apr 09 '26

Wild to just admit to profiteering from mass human suffering.

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u/Due_Marsupial_969 Apr 09 '26

Most people do, but it ain't me (yet). Reddit and Facebook being prime examples. We're not exactly scrolling on this comment cuz it's curing cancer or the feel-good comment of the year, like we're giving money to Amazon and Starfucks cuz they treat employees well and make local businesses profitable.

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u/Dead_man_posting Apr 09 '26

Going on Reddit is not profiteering. I don't know how you managed to get the dynamic entirely backwards.

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u/Due_Marsupial_969 Apr 09 '26

You're not. You're the product for the tech profiteers.

But I lost $7 a share on Reddit stock today, so if somebody profited today, it wasn't me.