As of 4/15/26, we’re now seeing more stories of warehouses being targeted, more fires being set, more people apparently deciding that burning shit down is some kind of acceptable form of protest. And on top of that, there was even reporting about Sam Altman—the CEO of OpenAI—having his home targeted.
Let that sink in for a second.
We’ve moved from anger and frustration—valid emotions, by the way—to actions that are not just destructive, but wildly dangerous and indiscriminate. And yeah, I’m gonna say it again, louder and more directly this time:
Arson is not the way. Fire is not the way. Burning shit down is not the way.
Because here’s the reality that keeps getting ignored—fire does not give a damn about your intentions. It does not stay neatly contained to the people you’re mad at. It does not politely avoid innocent lives. It spreads. It consumes. It escalates.
And when you’re talking about warehouses, neighborhoods, and even the homes of wealthy individuals, you’re not talking about isolated targets in a vacuum. You’re talking about places surrounded by other people, other buildings, and yeah—trees, forests, dry land.
You know what that can turn into real fast?
Wildfires.
And if you think for a second that a wildfire is going to neatly discriminate between “bad rich people” and “innocent families,” you are completely detached from reality. Fires like that wipe out everything—homes, wildlife, entire communities. People die. Lives get destroyed. And not the people you think you’re “sending a message” to—regular people, workers, families, the same kinds of people you claim to be fighting for.
That’s what makes this so infuriating.
Because again, let’s be crystal clear: this is not about being anti-worker. Workers get screwed over all the time. Wages can be unfair. Conditions can be brutal. Corporations—including giants like Amazon—deserve criticism, scrutiny, and accountability. That’s real.
But none of that justifies actions that can get innocent people killed.
And yeah, I’ve seen the comparisons people are making. I’ve seen folks bringing up Luigi Mangione and trying to lump all of this together as some kind of broader “resistance.”
No.
And here’s the uncomfortable thing I’ll say, even though I don’t like the guy and I’ve been critical of him before: what he did was targeted at a single individual. Still wrong, still reckless, still not something I support—but it didn’t create a scenario where dozens of random, uninvolved people could suddenly be caught in the blast radius.
Arson does.
That’s the difference people are either ignoring or refusing to acknowledge.
Warehouses are not empty boxes. They are workplaces. There are people inside them—workers, security staff, drivers—at all hours. Real, living, breathing people who are just trying to get through their shift. And when you set a fire in a place like that, you are not “striking back at capitalism.” You are putting working-class people—the very people you claim to stand for—directly in harm’s way.
For what?
Because your anger at the system is so overwhelming that you’re willing to risk innocent lives?
That’s not solidarity. That’s not justice. That’s not even strategy.
That’s recklessness.
And what’s even more disturbing is seeing how many people across different political spaces are either cheering this on or brushing it off like it’s no big deal. Like it’s just another headline. Like it’s just another “act of resistance.”
No. It’s not.
It’s dangerous. It’s unpredictable. And it has consequences that go way beyond the intended target.
If you actually care about workers, if you actually care about people, then you have to draw a line somewhere. You have to be able to say: “This is not acceptable.” Not because you suddenly love corporations or billionaires, but because you understand that human life matters more than whatever point someone is trying to make with a match and a can of gasoline.
And if that stance gets you labeled? Fine.
Call it whatever you want—shill, sellout, class traitor, whatever buzzword people want to throw around. At a certain point, those labels mean nothing compared to the reality of what’s happening.
Because this?
This is insanity.
And it needs to be called out for exactly what it is.