Post #4240584

2026-07-30 11:30 UTC

The dramatic increase in AI data centers in such a short period of time, facilitated by governments at all levels, proves that there is political will for “progress”, but somehow that will is never available for anything other than making a handful of people rich. I want to see this kind of push for infrastructure that tackles climate change and reduces suffering.

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@thomasjwebb@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 15:43

@Ashedryden@xoxo.zone local governments especially always fall for "this will bring business to your area" sells. E.g., expensive stadiums. If only they at least listened to locals who don't want their electric bills to go up.

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@martinlentink@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 17:04

@Ashedryden@xoxo.zone I wish I could boost this 1000 times.

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@prietschka@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 18:25

@Ashedryden@xoxo.zone The reconfiguration of government to act on behalf of capital is a core part of the neoliberal project. "Free markets," in reality, are defined by entrenched oligarchies and various state apparatuses they control deploying capital and policy in a coordinated manner. Unless/until the power of the capital class is broken and the ruling class brought to heel nothing will change.

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@TorontoWill@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 18:25

@Ashedryden@xoxo.zone Would it make you feel better that data centers are overwhelmingly *not* getting built, because of the same kinds of things that kill public works projects? (infrastructure deficiencies, administrative incompetence, regulatory barriers, NIMBY opposition). The projects get *announced *fast and furious, but they’re completed at a far less torrid pace.

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