Technology

I think in this case they are actually using eminent domain for it.

Basically they are reaching out to families, asking for permission, and then when denied that permission going through the state/town and getting permission that way.

The easement taking up half their land was the "compromise" that the utility company gave them, because they already had a signed eminent domain notice on the entire property. They were going to have the line no matter what, it was whether the current owners wanting to have part of the property, or none of the property. its pretty sickening.

Could also track down the CEO, trap them in their own dwellings, and set them on fire.

That requires slightly more work though

If only.

wait guys, if you burn the data centers down then they'll hire guards and ram will be even more expensive 😭

Having a lack of compassion towards someone who voted for this getting their face eaten by leopards is not the same as approval of what’s happening. Are you able to discern the difference?

It’s wrong to steal people’s houses and to pollute the place they live, no matter who they voted for.

But I’ll be damned if I shed a single tear if these people happily voted in the regime which brazenly supports stealing people’s houses and polluting where they live.

Straight-up. I really don't care who these people voted for. If they're pissed that datacenters are stealing their family home, that's actually a perfect opportunity to win right-wing votes that doesn't compromise values. At the minimum, It's an opportunity to fight back against big tech and data centers. Punishing them for who they presumably voted for is deranged on multiple levels, but unfortunately normalized among liberals.

Liberals will insist on adopting centrist and right wing policies in the hope of winning over jetski dads in the suburbs. They'll do anything they can to win over these voters. They do it every election. It leads to a cynicism among voters that nothing can ever change for the better (and they're fucking right). So people stay home or vote for someone else. The jetski dads predictably vote for the most fascist politician possible, because that's what they want. They don't want fascism lite, they want fascism done right. The centrist eats shit and blames the left (who often work tirelessly to elect their dumbass as a harm reduction measure, but whatever).

Then, when the Republican wins and starts doing Republican shit, liberals offer only condascending quips about a process that never works out for people. They insist that suffering is payment to them from the poorest and least educated people in the USA for not playing their little game correctly. And in the same fucking breath, they'll propose more dead-end centrist garbage to the same jetski dads as last time.

Stop conceding to the right. Run on populist left policies that improve the material lives of everyone, and you'll naturally win over voters. That includes saving rural Georgian families from data centers even if they don't like you or vote for you. If you do enough for them you will eventually win them over. Fighting data centers is a net win for environmentalism and labor.