{"id":14240,"date":"2024-05-03T08:54:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=14240"},"modified":"2024-05-07T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:12:37","slug":"if-you-ignore-it-it-keeps-getting-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2024\/05\/03\/if-you-ignore-it-it-keeps-getting-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"If you ignore it, It keeps getting worse."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When you see those less fortunate than yourself, perhaps living rough, you think, \u201cThey\u2019ve had a rough enough go of things I\u2019ll leave them be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Out of kindness you might make sure that these folks have water, or food. Or you choose not to call the police to have them move on. These days in California, calling the police is a useless exercise if these folks are on public land, or even in your home or vacation home. Turns out squatters have more rights than owners.<\/p>\n

I could probably wax politically about this state of affairs. I\u2019ll sum up by saying, Squatters have more rights than property owners because the State doesn\u2019t want private ownership of houses or land. If ownership of houses or property confers no advantage, then people will forego the horrendous expense of home ownership and rent or squat because it\u2019s the fiscally logical thing to do.<\/p>\n

\"\"Remember Klaus Schwab famously said, \u201cYou will own nothing and be happy”<\/p>\n

It looks like laws may have been enacted, which bit by bit are moving us toward that supposed utopian end point.<\/p>\n

I always ask utopian for who?\u00a0<\/p>\n

What Schwab is saying essentially is, \u201cThe underclasses, will own nothing and be happy with the largess of the Elites who allow them to live as long as their numbers are few and their usefulness is moderate.\u201d In Schwab’s version of utopia the elites are wealthy and own everything, possibly even large swaths of people living as something akin to serfs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This has been explored in countless dystopian books and movies. Elysium<\/em> and Altered Carbon<\/em> for example. Altered Carbon<\/em> is a bit more layered about it.<\/p>\n

I choose these two works because the dystopian societies explored are not the result of nuclear war. Instead, the society is the result of technological innovation coupled with unbridled greed, and laws which failed to keep up with technological innovation. You might be able to include Blade Runner<\/em> and Blade Runner 2049 <\/em>in my list as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"There are countless other books, short stories, and movies exploring ‘what if’ scenarios from a cultural standpoint, so my list above is by no means exhaustive.<\/p>\n

I digress a bit. I was considering all of this over the past 2 weeks for a number of reasons. One reason has been that the squatter issue is increasingly in my face.<\/p>\n

First<\/strong>, it was just a little trash left behind by snow players. A few brightly colored bits of plastic from broken sleds.<\/p>\n

Had the snow players been sledding in a designated ares instead of the rocky areas where they were, their sled would have lasted longer.<\/p>\n

The Winter always brings this kind of trash, and includes water bottles, dirty diapers, food containers and food waste which can endanger the neighborhoods by attracting large predators.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Snowplayers have zero concern for any of that. They tend to treat the homeowners here in the mountains as though we\u2019re employees at Disneyland, as if we exist to serve their needs.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re here to have fun and we, the residents are supposed to shut up, keep the roads and our driveways clear so they can park, provide bathrooms for them, and allow their children to play in our yards.<\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, was a sleeping bag, blanket and pillow. These items kept moving around indicating that they were being used by someone. Recently, the wind carried these items into the wash bed. At that point they were collected and put in a pile for trash pickup.<\/p>\n

Third<\/strong>, was a campsite that lasted a couple of days which was built on an abandoned trailer that has been along my walking path for years. Under the trailer the person or persons stored mats and a few items presumably with the intent to come back for them. Oddly, there was also a rather expensive looking telescope mount left behind as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fourth<\/strong>, Jesse noticed a crack pipe off the access road to the wash, When I called him away from it two stoned out people jumped out of the bushes to protect their pipe.<\/p>\n

Neither Jesse or I appreciated being surprised like this and to his credit he remained between me and what he perceived as a threat.<\/p>\n

When we returned from our walk the pipe and the people were gone. The next day we found more detritus where we had encountered the druggies.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fifth<\/strong>, it appears that someone decided to use the wash access road as a dumping spot for difficult to dispose of items. At this point I think it was a single person emptying the bed of their truck.<\/p>\n

In this case they left a can of paint. It\u2019s been reported to the flood control folks since they\u2019re supposed to police the lands they\u2019re responsible for. They have a camera on a pole to watch the wash during storms. Perhaps they need to improve the camera so that license plates or photos of perpetrators can be turned over to police.<\/p>\n

\"\"Sixth<\/strong>, we get to the full encampment. Which popped up and was then abandoned.<\/p>\n

This left behind a ton of trash all of which will have to be packed out of the area if the locals clean up the mess. Although again, this is adjacent to the flood control access road and the flood control folks could pull right up with a pickup truck (since they have the keys to the gates,) and easily load the trash.<\/p>\n

Seeing the images of colleges & universities across the nation after the pro-terrorism encampments, and the aftermath when the encampments were removed. Then recalling the CHAZ bullshit in Seattle during the \u201cSumer of mostly peaceful protests,\u201d while encountering the trash left behind by people, on my daily walks.<\/p>\n

I noticed a lot of similarity between the two.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been annoyed more than once in the Winters when people pile out of their Tesla exuding an air of smug self righteousness, claiming their \u201cRIGHT\u201d (which they don\u2019t have,) to play in the snow on private property.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard stupid things like \u201cYou can\u2019t own the land\u201d, and \u201cWe\u2019re just going to be here a few minutes\u2026\u201d as they set up a hibachi grill and light charcoal.<\/p>\n

These people have no limits, no shame, and no courtesy. Some of them upon seeing how their batteries have discharged in the 20\u00b0 F temps get upset to find the nearest charging station is 30 miles away. Then you\u2019re told somehow you\u2019ve failed them because you don\u2019t have a compatible socket for their car and that you should because you have solar panels on the roof. Apparently they think you\u2019re \u00a0supposed to give them power for free.<\/p>\n

All of that is annoying enough. Then there\u2019s all that they leave behind. The detritus of humanity, the 21st century petroglyphs on any available rock, the cartons, wrappers, boxes, and plastic containers.<\/p>\n

Somehow these folks have rationalized their entitled-ness and justify it with virtue signaling, instead of real actions. Their entitled behavior continues even when they\u2019ve been forced into the \u201clower rungs of society\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"We\u2019ve had the occasional squatter here in town. But never to this extent and certainly not the numbers along the 1.5 mile stretch of access road next to the wash. The squatters\/campers of the past at least did a decent job of cleaning up after themselves. They might have been living rough but they didn\u2019t live like animals who shit in their own nests.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In years past you\u2019d see a trash bag suddenly appear next to your trash cans on trash pickup day. It was the trash from a squatter\/homeless person’s campsite. Back then, we\u2019d look the other way because at least the person or persons had respect for the forest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These people today have no clue how to camp. They definitely don\u2019t know they’re supposed to pack out the trash they generate, and they\u2019re filthy. Not necessarily in their person but they camp, trash their campsite, and move to the next clean place, repeating the process.<\/p>\n

As I walk and encounter these things I ask myself, \u201cIs this where we\u2019re heading?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

We all know that the economy is bad, regardless of the LIES<\/strong>\u00a0being told from podiums in Washington D.C. or elsewhere along the reelection trail.<\/p>\n

Will the economy being this bad result in more squatters and camps such as I\u2019ve seen in the past 2 or 3 weeks?<\/p>\n

What I\u2019ve seen is only on one side of the wash. Jesse likes to walk the other side of the wash and when there\u2019s no water flowing we\u2019ll make a loop crossing at a high point in the national forest then walking down and back up. Right now we\u2019d have to walk a \u201cU\u201d because I don\u2019t want him to play in the muddy water flowing in the wash.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the wash after about 1\/4 of a mile, there\u2019s National Forest land. There\u2019s also plenty of flat ground that would be good for camping. My concern is that folks might start cooking over open fires. The evening winds coming up the canyon could spread a campfires’ embers quickly into dry brush.<\/p>\n

Since I recently saw a video of a young man testing the fire retardant qualities of his clothing while<\/span><\/strong> he was wearing said garments in his bedroom.<\/p>\n

I have real concerns that some dumb ass will burn the forest down and perhaps the town with it.<\/p>\n

In all honesty, I think that perhaps fire is a technology that is beyond some people these days.<\/p>\n

All of this contemplation has led me to this inescapable conclusion. I cannot look the other way. I\u2019ve got to report all that I see to proper authorities for the safety and security of the town and my neighbors.<\/p>\n

I feel bad that there are people who are having a rough time. But folks trashing the forest, or squatting wherever they can, if tolerated will become the \u201cNorm\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That seems to be a universal truth. If you ignore unacceptable behavior, not only does the first unacceptable behavior become normal, but additional worse behaviors will occur.\u00a0<\/p>\n

God Help me! I\u2019m going to have become a \u201cKaren”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you see those less fortunate than yourself, perhaps living rough, you think, \u201cThey\u2019ve had a rough enough go of things I\u2019ll leave them be.\u201d\u00a0 Out of kindness you might make sure that these folks have water, or food. Or you choose not to call the police to have them move on. These days in … <\/p>\n

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