Ancient Rome had privatized fire department. Caesar’s friend Crassus got the job and used it to extort people to sell their homes in a neighborhood when a fire broke out. As a result he became one of the richest people in history.
He was also killed by the Persians who poured liquid gold (or silver, depending on source) on his decapitated head and sent it back to Rome.
America’s original firefighters were private industry as well. They were known to loot peoples property and allow fires to spread in order to charge more for putting out multiple buildings. So it sounds like we have about 2000 years of history telling us private firefighters aren’t a great idea.
Ancient Rome had privatized fire department. Caesar’s friend Crassus got the job and used it to extort people to sell their homes in a neighborhood when a fire broke out. As a result he became one of the richest people in history. He was also killed by the Persians who poured liquid gold (or silver, depending on source) on his decapitated head and sent it back to Rome.
America’s original firefighters were private industry as well. They were known to loot peoples property and allow fires to spread in order to charge more for putting out multiple buildings. So it sounds like we have about 2000 years of history telling us private firefighters aren’t a great idea.
Without any irony at all these people simultaneously demand deregulation of all industries
Also, the fires that broke out were mostly ones he started himself.
Fake news, everyone knows the Christians started all those fires.
we should bring that back. the persians were onto something here.
Best I can do is liquid poo
sold
On an unrelated note, “crass” basically means fat
Interestingly “krass” and “fett” are both informal/ slang in German for something incredible
Crasse in frensh has a “really bad”/cheap&bad connotation.
Beaten to the Crassus comment 😮💨