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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

they voted for this

[–] dotAlexX@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

One day these companies will take everything away from someone who has nothing to lose. Remember killdozer, "Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things".

[–] GrumpyCreature@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cannot wait for this AI bubble to pop as these corrupt politicians are so obviously doing this at our expense, while they pocket all the profit

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's the thing. The bubble will pop, people will loose billions, the prices of everything will go into flux, the economy will crash, and the people who still have enough money to make serious investments during that time will be able to buy so much more stuff simply because so much more will be for sale.

We saw it happen in 2008, we saw it happen in 2020, and it will happen again when the bubble pops, and we'll just let the people who crashed the economy off the hook, and borrow more money from our future selves to pay them to fix it now.

[–] GrumpyCreature@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

well that doesn't sound as good, i never even considered this to be a possibility, but thinking about it logically makes sense

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Happens every time. Realistically, the only thing that would "level" the playing field is a complete collapse of all currency. Unrealistically, it could be leveled through progressive taxes on obscene incomes, a recurring tax of accumulated wealth over a certain value, and closing of tax loopholes.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't forget how many good people will be left holding the bag due to their retirement funds being drained into that bubble while the elites cash out :( just like the 2008 crash this is just another pump and dump at our expense while the rich will make out like the robber Barron's they are anyways

[–] GrumpyCreature@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

:( all of this is just awful, screw AI for real 😭

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 23 hours ago

I keep seeing this story all over my news feeds and YouTube recommendations. Glad it's being put out there, at least!

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 155 points 1 day ago (20 children)

I just saw a video from a local news channel about a different patch of land in Georgia where Georgia Power was given an easement across a bunch of people's land, essentially cutting these people's property in half, then they clear cut the forest at the back of their properties and installed some giant transmission line towers also to power datacenters. One young couple interviewed had just bought their property and were planning on using the land to grow food but now they can't and they also can't sell because only half their property is usable despite them having paid for the entire plot.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I believe they can sue though. Might depend on the law there but I was literally just watching a video of a lawyer going over what to do if your property is seized and or used in violation of your right to enjoy your property and there's an avenue for land owners to sue.

https://youtube.com/shorts/xSlpDry0gms?is=Lr7vflRiMWBUaTVr

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could also track down the CEO, trap them in their own dwellings, and set them on fire.

That requires slightly more work though

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You never get the smell of burning flesh out of your nose.

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The trick is to use a proper flamethrower. Then you don't have to worry about being close enough to smell it.

Besides, it's the skin hair and fat that smells bad, the muscle itself smells... Not good, but like... Not gross or anything.

Source of smell: accidents from my past.

[–] isnotayahoo@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The last proper flame thrower designed as a weapon was the M202 FLASH, it's a flame-rocket-launcher (with 4 tubes.) Jonathan Wild, who built and licensed one, has videos and a book about it. Total waste of time, but still entertaining.

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Aren't situations like that precisely what the second amendment is for?

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Guns are too personal. It's what cocktails made from garbage are for.

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[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 111 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Wealthy free to prey on working class people. Working class free to scrimp and save to afford some land and then have it forcefully taken away.

[–] QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

soon be land of enslaved by AI

[–] rottenmummy@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago

It means the people are for free, they are worth nothing.

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[–] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 41 points 1 day ago (6 children)

As for who is behind the data centers, the company [Georgia Power] said it doesn't publish lists of customers to protect safety and security.

America is not a democracy. You know who's making the decisions in a democracy, and the populous can recall them. It's one of the four required mechanisms for democracy. A democracy can certainly find legitimate uses for eminent domain (i.e. in natural monopolies like trains or utilities), but I'd hope they'd pay a premium and socialize the natural monopoly rather than allowing some private organization to take advantage of people. This just sounds like Georgia Power bullying people.

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[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, datacenters are pretty much Eminent Domaining people then.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't need to power a data center if it's burnt to the ground.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 20 points 1 day ago

Clown ass country.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Damn, Georgia too? I thought this was mainly a US American thing at this point.

😉

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Easy mistake to make but this isn’t about Georgia the nation, it’s about Georgia, the asteroid.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

You had me typing, "THATS THE JOKE," for a moment there. Well done.

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[–] Ekybio@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Remember that feelings of compassion should be contingent on the question: "Who do you vote for?"

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It’s deranged to create a class of people that it’s okay to steal houses from and pollute the place they live no matter how they voted, actually

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s wrong to steal people’s houses and to pollute the place they live, no matter who they voted for.

But I’ll be damned if I shed a single tear if these people happily voted in the regime which brazenly supports stealing people’s houses and polluting where they live.

[–] moustachio@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You can still empathize with people who were uninformed and subsequently exploited / harmed.

Giving into the “me vs them” team mentality is giving the oligarchs exactly what they want: divide and conquer.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

They were informed. They were warned. They were told about “project 2025” and how bad it would be. They’ve been through one trump presidency. They knew what they signed up for.

My stance on trump voters:

If you voted for him the first time, you made a foolish/uninformed decision. But forgivable.

If you voted for him the second time, you’re a dumb person and I don’t trust you.

If you voted for him this third time, after the insurrection, after how horrible he has proven to be, fuck you. You’re evil. No pity from me.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Greatest challenge of our time imo. I'm very, very pessimistic about it

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[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Straight-up. I really don't care who these people voted for. If they're pissed that datacenters are stealing their family home, that's actually a perfect opportunity to win right-wing votes that doesn't compromise values. At the minimum, It's an opportunity to fight back against big tech and data centers. Punishing them for who they presumably voted for is deranged on multiple levels, but unfortunately normalized among liberals.

Liberals will insist on adopting centrist and right wing policies in the hope of winning over jetski dads in the suburbs. They'll do anything they can to win over these voters. They do it every election. It leads to a cynicism among voters that nothing can ever change for the better (and they're fucking right). So people stay home or vote for someone else. The jetski dads predictably vote for the most fascist politician possible, because that's what they want. They don't want fascism lite, they want fascism done right. The centrist eats shit and blames the left (who often work tirelessly to elect their dumbass as a harm reduction measure, but whatever).

Then, when the Republican wins and starts doing Republican shit, liberals offer only condascending quips about a process that never works out for people. They insist that suffering is payment to them from the poorest and least educated people in the USA for not playing their little game correctly. And in the same fucking breath, they'll propose more dead-end centrist garbage to the same jetski dads as last time.

Stop conceding to the right. Run on populist left policies that improve the material lives of everyone, and you'll naturally win over voters. That includes saving rural Georgian families from data centers even if they don't like you or vote for you. If you do enough for them you will eventually win them over. Fighting data centers is a net win for environmentalism and labor.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

they did this with foxconn or a similar company during trumps 1s term, the local govt "blighted the homes' to force them to leave.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

Having a lack of compassion towards someone who voted for this getting their face eaten by leopards is not the same as approval of what’s happening. Are you able to discern the difference?

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[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I doubt who you voted for would have stopped this. AI is the new .com / housing bubble that every big company has to jump on board for.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

On a federal basis, you are likely correct. On a local basis, I highly disagree. Many politicians in areas that are left-leaning are putting in place data center bans. Local elections matter.

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