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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This. Building a new supply chain is no small feat and can take years of planning. We are all caught on our back foot by these contracts, unfortunately, even though no money has been spent and the data centers haven't been built.

We're suffering for the collective delusion of billionaires.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How long has that last sentence been true do you think?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago

I'm not a historian, and I feel like I can reasonably say since at least the early 1900s, so probably before even that.