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There really isn't a trend of warehouse fires. The It Could Happen Here podcast did an episode on it the other day. Warehouse fires are just really common. They happen on average of four times a day in the US. But now you have a ton of content creators trying to paint every new one as a WaLuigi copycat to get those social media clicks. And since these fires are a daily occurrence, there are tons to choose from. They're conflating events that are almost certainly not connected at all.
While I'm sure we're going to get a WaLuigi copycat at some point in the future, there is no evidence that's happening right now. A lot of people desperately want to believe that it is, though. I would like to believe that it is. But there just isn't any actual evidence that it's true.
Not that that's going to stop lawmakers from clutching their pearls and passing some new draconian laws that further put the screws to the working class. I've been paying attention to politics for over 30 years and I don't think I've ever seen Congress pass up a chance to screw over poor people when the opportunity arises.