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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I keep saying it, so maybe I should make a meme of it:

The key ingredient for data centers in the US is not an abundance of water and power, but cheap, bribeable regional officials.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"We need term limits" lol. Term limits mean politicians need to line their pockets even faster. Fucking Rome was famous for this shit.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What we really need to do is hold corrupt politicians and the businesses that are paying them accountable for 150% of the damages from their schemes. None of this "I took a 5 million dollar bribe and I got 6 months house arrest plus a 1500 dollar fine."

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago

It's Corruption all the way up.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

its a plus if they can get the governer to be bribed, which is what happened with whitmer and janet mills. they made sure those datacenters are approved.