I serve in local politics. I do talk to normal, regular people with normal, regular reasons to oppose data centers. Lots of them. Will is just making shit up right now.
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OMG I know SO many of these people. Like my friend's husband, a tech finance guy, who's culturally very liberal but told us he agreed with "90% of what DOGE did."
Even eliminating the Dept. of Education? Yes, he said. Absolutely.
I had to pick my jaw up off the floor.
A lot of people who are much much closer to abject poverty than wealthy enough to be a billionaire or trillionaire defend these billionaires/trillionaires because they want to believe they can be the lucky ones too. But they won’t be, and our economic systems make sure they won’t.