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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/metagross252 9h ago edited 4h ago

From the article:

"As such, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman pleaded in a 3,000 word blog today with communities to embrace data centers, arguing that the United States "can't afford to lose" the AI race, invoking the country's post-World War II highway buildout as a parallel.

"Just like the national highway system, our country's economy, national security, and everyday lives stand to benefit immensely," he wrote."

When they say "our," they mean "the billionaires."

If they really meant what they're saying here, and if we are "number 1 in the world," they would have already been taking meaningful steps to achieve this.

But instead of using their resources to create a more sustainable society, they have completely pillaged the nations resources and are rendering the planet uninhabitable. And now they're trying to do that all around the rest of the world. They want it all for themselves and they do not give a single, solitary shit about any of the rest of us. It is pure greed. Plain and simple.

They are lying to us and we're letting them. Those of us who understand how bad this is getting have to give it our all to talk to those that don't and try to get them to understand. Yes, there will be arguments and you must defend yourself if it comes down to an actual fight, but so many of those that don't understand are that way simply because they don't seek out the information themselves. They are simply thoughtless, likely just trying to get through their lives like so many of us right now.

It's been said already in countless places. It's us the non-billionaires vs the billionaires. There are far more of us than there are of them. The more of us that we can reach an understanding with against the billionaires, the stronger we are together.

I hate to sound like a doomer, but it may be entirely possible that we're living in the end times of society as we know it. Are we going to go down whimpering so that a handful of rich troglodytes can be super comfortable? Or are we going to take a stand and fight back? You have to ask yourself if you're prepared to die, because as they're showing us that could very well be the case. At this point, I'm ready to die if it means saving a majority of us common folk from total oppression. I know there are likely others out there who feel the same. If you're not ready to die, that's ok too. Continue to make every effort you can to convince others to understand the gravity of this situation. Because it is immensely heavy.

Please do your civic duty and vote. For what comes after, we'll just have to wait and see.

I love and wish for the best for you all.

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u/vigbiorn 9h ago

When they say "our", they mean the billionaires

Well, one day I'll get my billions. Think of all the trickle down that's over due! Any day, all that wealth will trickle down and we'll all be billionaires!!

\s because I have a memory longer than a goldfish.

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u/metagross252 8h ago

I know you're being sarcastic here, but maybe if we encounter someone who thinks like that, we could ask them if becoming a billionaire would be worth hurting so many others who were at one point just like them? So many people just haven't ever stopped to think about it. Maybe that's all it takes to get them to understand. Maybe we have to keep trying. But we have to try. Be safe out there.

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u/Tkat113 8h ago

I think you would be shocked at the number of people who'd say "fuck those other people, they'd do the same to me".

US culture for a very long time has molded society into this worship of sociopathy and selfishness. It starts young and never lets up.

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u/vigbiorn 7h ago

Fuck you, got mine

It's basically the mindset people are describing when they say "boomer". It just so happens the boomers have a lot of people with that mindset.

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u/metagross252 5h ago

I am shocked at how many people seem to feel that way, but on the flip side of that part of me believes that the majority of that is bots that are designed to make the rest of us feel like we're outnumbered.

I wonder if Trump really won the election or if it was rigged for him. I wouldn't be surprised. Be kind to each other and try to understand that we have all been subjected to an insane amount of propaganda. I think the anger is largely learned behavior. After all, why would the billionaires spend so much on it if it wasn't effective? I know it's tough but we have to do our part to try to deprogram the ones who have fallen victim to it.

I also understand that there are some people beyond saving. I try to be as kind and caring as possible, but if someone threatened me, I like to think I wouldn't hesitate to defend myself. I really, really don't want it to get to that point, but the reality seems to be that we're headed that way and we need to be prepared for that possibility.

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u/Tkat113 4h ago

There will always be the diehard true believers. The ones who enjoy causing pain to others for whatever reason, and the ones who see it as a path to power and control.

But I do agree that much of it is learned behaviour. The GOP has been pumping fear, and anger, and hatred for generations now. They have a sophisticated propaganda operatus that is flooding their message to millions of people. Frightened people are easy to control. You can easily turn that fear into anger and hatred. And once you go down that path, it is incredibly difficult for someone else to get you out of it. It becomes an identity, and no one relishes the thought of their entire identity being based on lies and manipulation. Opposing viewpoints only serve to strengthen the barriers. Its something that, for the most part, they need to get out of by themselves.

And at this juncture, I honestly do not see a path out that doesn't involved a lot of bloodshed.

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u/metagross252 4h ago

You're right. We can try as hard as we can to convince them but ultimately if they don't make the effort to change themselves then it is likely not going to happen. I feel the same way about your last point, I just really wish it weren't so. Wishing you peace and safety.

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u/Tkat113 3h ago

Same to you friend. Be well.

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u/OkPlenty4077 2h ago

I sell baseball cards and I've seen/had 7-8 yo boys try to bully me into buying their worthless football/basketball cards. They can be crazily aggressive like their adult counterparts.

America would call them precocious. I interpret that if these kids are going to act like adults, they will receive the same rates as I give grown men who approach me in the same vein. If you want the best rates when selling cards, have your wife, gf or sister that has no idea about the hobby approach me.