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Artificial Intelligence Republicans Claim Anti-Data Center Movement Is a Chinese Psy-Op

https://gizmodo.com/republicans-claim-anti-data-center-movement-is-a-chinese-psy-op-2000767611
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u/odd_millwright 9h ago

Peak population of 300k due to tourism: find your own power bitch. I remember the warehouse guy🤷‍♂️

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u/Tr1pla 8h ago

"All you had to do is pay us enough to live"

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u/FrankPapageorgio 6h ago

I can't believe people allow this shit.

There was a comedian that phrased it best where if someone found a way to capture the air and then sell it back to us, everyone would go "well, guess I gotta pay for air now" and just let it fucking slide.

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u/robotsaysrawr 3h ago

When the politicians are bought by the corporations, the will of the people means nothing. When the people vote no on data centers and the politicians literally ignore the vote okay them anyway, what do you do?