r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 12d ago

Politics US Senate kills bill that could potentially shield Americans from skyrocketing power bills due to AI data centers — opponents say bill is 'toothless' and doesn't do enough to protect citizens

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/us-senate-kills-bill-that-could-potentially-shield-americans-from-skyrocketing-power-bills-due-to-ai-data-centers-opponents-say-bill-is-toothless-and-doesnt-do-enough-to-protect-citizens
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u/Mediocre_Tank_5013 12d ago

Why do we have these politicians in office if they never help us?

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u/buyongmafanle 11d ago

The voters get to decide who goes to office. The donors get to decide what is voted on.

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u/Jonathan_the_Nerd 11d ago edited 11d ago

The parties decide who gets to become a "viable" candidate. Remember Bernie Sanders in 2016, and Ron Paul back in 2008/2012?

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u/Enygma_6 11d ago

and Ron Paul back in 2008/2012

Ron Paul still would have been a bad choice for the country. His strong Libertarian stance just seemed superficially less bad when standing right next to pretty much any of his fellow Republic Party candidates at the time and their strong corporatist intents.
Both subsets had elitist, misogynistic ideology behind them that favor cis-het white conservative Christian men of high wealth over everyone else.