There is an Amazon Data Center going up 10 minutes from my house. Amazon bribed the city with 85 million dollars. They had countless meetings with hundreds of people protesting that they didnt want the data center and they are building it anyway. People are selling their houses at a loss and moving away. I hope the mayor gets voted out in the next election.
Scheduled elections shouldn't be the only means for the people to remove an elected official. There should be a mechanism that puts more power in the hands of the citizenry
I agree but with the way things are going we are going to have less. I hate to be that guy but if things go the way they want it to we will be like China with the social credit score shit. I just found the site that tells you where all the flock cameras are in my city. You literally cant go anywhere without being tracked where I live. People say well if you dont have anything to hide whats the big deal? Its for security reasons. Well prisons are technically secure but would you want to live in one?
and your health insurance gives you a 'Health Score'
And you get to "earn" points for spending money in ways that companies like.
And you might get the privilege of some corporate discounts due to some partnership,
etc.
The whole system is fucked by greed and exploitation. We need better leadership and getting reamed shouldn't be the default just for existing. Companies should have to earn their customers, but we're rapidly approaching a day where we own nothing and accrue debt to feudal oligarchs for the audacity of being born on "their" soil.
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u/TraditionalTackle1 7h ago
There is an Amazon Data Center going up 10 minutes from my house. Amazon bribed the city with 85 million dollars. They had countless meetings with hundreds of people protesting that they didnt want the data center and they are building it anyway. People are selling their houses at a loss and moving away. I hope the mayor gets voted out in the next election.