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wait is this really the seventh warehouse fire not known to be accidental in a week? and I'm only just finding out about this now?
There have been a number of warehouse fires, but not all of them are purposeful acts of arson by disgruntled proles.
One of them definitely is, that's the one at a paper warehouse, where the arsonist filmed himself saying "You should've paid your employees enough to live" while filming the blaze.
A couple others seem like they might be copycats but currently remain unconfirmed, and the rest were clearly accidents.
So, there isn't exactly a huge wave of Stochastic, proletarian arsons going on across America. But there clearly is a hunger for a kind of revenge against the wealthy, and this overhyped news cycle is a part of that.
Actual instances of Stochastic terrorism, like the killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thomson, or the recent attacks on the home of Sam Altman, in addition to the one confirmed warehouse arson, are also a part of that hunger for revenge.
That said, instead of doing an individual act of terrorism... Go organize your workplace, join an org, help out your neighbors, and do something more productive. Its not as sexy, but it is more useful.
That's okay, we'll take credit for them anyway, and most people won't know the difference, they'll think that all the warehouses are going to burn down. People will will stop coming to work, and warehouse owners will all be worried. Maybe they'll even have to spend a bunch of their precious profits on extra security.