California has a lot of money, and a *lot* of regulations. There are laws against all manner of wacky things… an average American citizen can’t even own a Tommygun (which I discovered *after* I moved there in 2000). And yet they don’t have the policing wherewithal to bust a bunch of eminently bustable heads here:
Now, on one level, I could hardly give a damn less about some flowers. To first order, who cares. But on the other hand… these idjits *know* they’re not supposed to go romping around out in the poppies, but they do so anyway because of their sense of entitlement. They need to be educated to the fact that they don’t get to do whatever they want with other peoples stuff just because they have a following. otherwise these morons will be running for Congress or starting their own idiot religions based on ancient space aliens blowing up volcanoes with nukes, and we already have quite enough of that nonsense.
Person A: “The rules don’t apply to me because I’m an influencer.”
Person B: “Have some pepper spray, scarecrow.”
The human brain is an amazing thing, but it needs to be exercised to reach its fullest potential. I don’t know if these people are inherently truly stupid, but getting to spend a few weeks in jail, a ten grand fine and a five-year social media ban would learn ’em some smarts right quick.