UniversalBasicJustice

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Cake day: January 29th, 2026
  • UniversalBasicJustice@quokk.autoTechnology@lemmy.world•A major watchdog says data centers are wreaking havoc on North America's power gridEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Exactly my point. We (royal we, referring to a large proportion of US inhabitants) pay a privately owned corporation for services essential to living. They are allowed to extract profit via rate hikes and service cuts and are additionally allowed to develop monopolies. Dead people are a sacrifice private industry is willing to make in pursuit of profit (see: American death ensurance).

    The “separate but equal” Texan electrical grid is a textbook example of why utilities management should remain under the purview of a publicly-accountable governing body. My quip is dark because people died. Its also true. Its meant to quietly challenge the concept that a government levying taxes is tyrannical.

  • UniversalBasicJustice@quokk.autoTechnology@lemmy.world•Mark Zuckerberg Just Told 8,000 Employees Their Layoffs Are a Line Item in His $145 Billion AI BillEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Couple things.

    Firstly; just because they are well-paid does not imply they have the means to survive without employment. In fact that places them far closer to you and I than to somebody capable of living solely off the labor of others. Additionally, large tech companies utilize H1B visas as a form of coercion for both the visa holder and the other employees.

    Secondly; you open your first paragraph with

    Nobody working at facebook has any illusions

    But open paragraph #2 with

    Many are starting to wake up

    Those two statements contradict each other.

    That’s not my point, though! My point is; blame the goddamn reptilian tech bro billionaire and the shareholders. Blame the government that allows Meta to exist at all. Blame the dysfunctional and cancerous-at-best socioeconomic systems that allow either to exist.

    Or, to put it more succinctly; don’t hate the player, hate the game.