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The failure to implement water storage, snowmelt capture, and desalination projects—billion-dollar initiatives that remain unfulfilled—exposes bureaucratic inertia and a penchant for “IP mining,” or the cynical repurposing of old assets, instead of building new frameworks.
The consequences include:
Inadequate water supplies during droughts.
Limited forest management—fueling the fires.
A sense of complacency, underpinned by political agendas and entrenched interests.
Cultural Reflection: The Impact on Hollywood and the Creative Industry
Parallel to environmental collapse is the decline of Hollywood’s cultural prominence, driven by ideological capture, financial mismanagement, and industry fragmentation: