The disembodied voices of his grandparents announced “it’s okay Pedro”, speaking from the end of the tunnel.

  • JimLarkin [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    24·
    6 天前

    The Ka-32 helicopters, which can precisely drop up to 4 tons of water and work perfectly in the mountains, are now simply sitting unused on the ground. Due to EU sanctions, it is forbidden to supply spare parts for these machines, and Russian experts are banned from entering the country to maintain them.

  • orlando [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    21·
    7 天前

    so they’re relying on the private sector to donate firefighting equipment because god forbid they could spend money to save lives.

  • iByteABit [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    16·
    6 天前

    I’m not from Spain so I can’t know for sure, but I feel their government is close to what social democracy can achieve with the best possible intentions. Unless you mobilize the working class and tear down the foundations of capitalism, any government no matter its intentions can’t do shit if it means that capitalists get to lose, you must let the wildfires rip so the capitalists don’t turn you into another Allende overnight

    • Andrzej3K [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      6 天前

      Unless you mobilize the working class and tear down the foundations of capitalism, any government no matter its intentions can’t do shit if it means that capitalists get to lose

      Tbf the reason Spain and much of Europe have the degree of social democracy that they do owes to the fact that they had a bloody good go at tearing it all down. Universal healthcare, social security et al are the concessions that were made to win the peace after the fascists won. The original PSOE were gangsta

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      6 天前

      Shoutout to good intentions’s commitment to high quality accessible public transportation to hell.