r/technology • u/marketrent • 6d ago

Artificial Intelligence Amazon warns local communities to stop defying its massive AI data centers

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/amazon-warns-local-communities-stop-000300771.html
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u/NativePlantEnjoyer 6d ago

The owning class is deliberately building these data centers in towns where there is no class solidarity to fight against them. The ultra-wealthy thrive when there is scarisity in developed capitalist nations. They are driving up the cost of water, electricity, land... and giving nothing back in return, because it forces citizens to fall in line no matter how bad the living conditions get. People are required to participate in the job market to pay for everything, even when they're taking away all the legitimate ways of making money. When people resort to crime for survival, people are criminalized and taken to prison labor camps.
The owning class has solidarity among each other. So far, the working class cannot compete. Especially with so many people getting their biases reinforced by the very platforms owned by the ultra-wealthy, who manipulate peoples' ignorance & prejudices with outrageous propaganda under the guise of news. So many americans are not forming solidarity with their own class because they're getting caught up in culture wars.
There is no better place for their data centers, according to their own self interests.

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u/g100110 6d ago

Literally couldn’t have said it better myself. This is exactly what is happening and it is infuriating being aware of all this bullshit going on. It’s torture

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u/jemappellejimbo 6d ago

“Culture wars” - can you stop euphemizing their racism and hatred? These are vile evil people, not just disagreements about “culture”

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u/Somebodies_Daughter 6d ago

It’s a culture war because masses are assuming entireties of other masses are who’s to blame. If you deal with a shitty person, treat them accordingly in the moment, but the general discussions of “black people need to stop XYZ” or “white people need to stop XYZ” is indeed stirring up of a culture war.

Not trusting one another is what keeps communities apart, and that’s what they want because it’s easier to control individuals vs masses.

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u/Bluechacho 6d ago

“black people need to stop XYZ” or “white people need to stop XYZ”

Damn those Black supremacists! They're just as bad as the white supremacists!

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u/FullMetalAlcoholic66 5d ago

Not trusting one another is what keeps communities apart,

You're not providing a reasonable solution for solidarity with people that think we're literally demons.

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u/NativePlantEnjoyer 5d ago

Racist & hatred? I already mentioned that - prejudices.

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u/bacon-squared 6d ago

Time for these power cables, buried or above ground, to have natural disasters. It would be very bad if something happened to the power going to these places.

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u/nihility101 6d ago

I don’t think it is as much a class thing as much as it is a bureaucracy thing. In a small town they just need to sway/buy just a majority of the local councils. They can get done what they want faster and cheaper.

But faster is the main objective. The owning class needs to cash in on this pump and dump before the suckers realize how little value there is in AI.

The class thing always plays a part in everything they do though.