California Burning: The hidden crisis behind the Golden State’s wildfires

• The book “California Burning: The Unseen Crisis, AI’s Rise, and the Fight for America’s Future” recounts that decades of fire suppression policies (e.g., Smokey Bear campaign) prevented natural controlled burns, leading to dangerous fuel accumulation. Overgrown forests and bureaucratic inertia turned wildfires into megafires, like the deadly 2018 Camp Fire.
• Utility companies (e.g., PG&E) neglected infrastructure, sparking fires while avoiding accountability through government bailouts. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has been weaponized to block essential forest-thinning projects.
• California’s FAIR Plan faces $458 billion in wildfire claims but has only $700 million available. Private insurers are fleeing, leaving homeowners stranded in a rigged system with endless bureaucratic hurdles.
• Wildfire smoke contains toxic chemicals (dioxins, benzene, asbestos), yet agencies like the CDC and EPA downplay risks. Globalist “green” policies demonize CO2 (essential for plant life) while ignoring real pollution from industrial fires.
• The book’s proposed solutions include restoring forest management (controlled burns, selective logging); demanding accountability from utilities and politicians; building self-sufficient communities (local food, rainwater harvesting, off-grid energy); and rejecting fiat currency in favor of sound money (gold, silver, barter).

California’s wildfires have become a recurring nightmare, but the root causes extend far beyond climate change. Decades of misguided policies, political corruption and systemic failures have turned the Golden State into a tinderbox – both literally and metaphorically. The book “California Burning: The Unseen Crisis, AI’s Rise, and the Fight for America’s Future” aims to explain this crisis behind the state’s wildfire problem.

In reality, California’s wildfires are not just an environmental disaster. They are a symptom of a deeper collapse – one fueled by government incompetence, corporate greed and a deliberate erosion of individual freedoms.

Historically, wildfires played a natural role in California’s ecosystems, clearing dead vegetation and maintaining forest health. Indigenous peoples understood this balance, using controlled burns to prevent catastrophic fires.

But modern policies like the Smokey Bear campaign declared war on all fires, leading to dangerous fuel buildup in forests. The result? Megafires like the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 19,000 structures.

This wasn’t an act of nature. It was a man-made disaster, exacerbated by decades of poor land management and bureaucratic inertia.

Climate change is often blamed, but the real culprits are political and corporate interests. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), while well-intentioned, has been weaponized to block essential fire prevention projects.

Lawsuits filed under CEQA have stalled forest thinning efforts, leaving overgrown forests primed for disaster. Meanwhile, utility providers like Pacific Gas & Electric Company – negligent in maintaining infrastructure –have sparked deadly fires while enjoying government bailouts instead of accountability.

From ashes to autonomy

The financial toll is staggering. California’s FAIR Plan, a last-resort insurance program, faces $458 billion in claims but has only $700 million on hand.

Private insurers are fleeing the state, leaving homeowners stranded. Rebuilding is a bureaucratic nightmare, with permit delays and zoning laws preventing families from recovering. The system isn’t broken – it’s rigged.

But the crisis goes deeper. Wildfire smoke, laden with toxins from burning homes, poses severe health risks – dioxins, benzene and even asbestos fill the air. Yet agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency downplay the dangers, prioritizing political narratives over public safety.

Meanwhile, globalist agendas – masked as “green” initiatives – push policies that harm, rather than help, the environment. Carbon dioxide, essential for plant life, is demonized while real pollutants from unchecked industrial fires go ignored.

The solution isn’t more government – it’s less. Decentralization, self-reliance and local control are the keys to resilience. Communities must reject top-down mandates and embrace:

• Forest management: Return to controlled burns and selective logging to reduce fuel loads.
• Accountability: Hold utilities and politicians liable for negligence.
• Self-sufficiency: Grow food, harvest rainwater and decentralize energy to break dependence on failing systems.
• Sound money: Reject fiat currency and embrace gold, silver and barter networks to protect wealth from inflation.

California’s collapse is a warning for America. The same forces – centralized control, corporate capture and erosion of liberty – threaten the entire nation. But there is hope.

By reclaiming local governance, restoring honest money and rebuilding community resilience, we can resist the globalist agenda and secure a future rooted in freedom, not dependency. The fires will keep coming. But the question is: Will we keep rebuilding the same broken system – or rise from the ashes with something better?

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Watch Dan Golka from the iAllegedly YouTube channel sharing his take on California’s catastrophic wildfires, political failures and the state’s possible bankruptcy with the Health Ranger Mike Adams on the “Health Ranger Report.”

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