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None of them! That was my point. High prices is unpopular, and datacenters are unpopular, so I’m trying to figure out why 1 and 3 are written in the negative a

• toomuchtodo 27d ago
  Progressives have settled on affordability as the rallying cry, which is of course both necessary and effective messaging, so centrist Dems and Republicans have to fall in line or face existential peril. TLDR "AI is pushing the cost of everything up. AI is not cared for by the majority. Oppose AI and the physical world impact or lose." (more than a handful of politicians have lost their primary elections due to the AI support; Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, Lee Perry and Boyd Bingham [Box Elder County, Utah commissioners], two members of the Georgia Public Service Commission lost their seats amid concern about data centers’ driving up electricity prices. A Virginia state delegate, Geary Higgins, also lost his job last year after his opponent branded him “Data Center Geary.”) AI data center outrage is showing up everywhere from ads to elections - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/ai-data-center-election-backlash.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/ai-data-center-election-back... - August 20th, 2026 The rise of DSA is killing off Resistance 1.0 Democrats - https://www.axios.com/2026/08/20/dsa-impeachment-trump-vindman-nixon-democrats https://www.axios.com/2026/08/20/dsa-impeachment-trump-vindm... - August 20th, 2026 Exclusive: GOP issues stark warning to AI companies - https://www.axios.com/2026/08/19/gop-data-center-memo-ai-election https://www.axios.com/2026/08/19/gop-data-center-memo-ai-ele... - August 19th, 2026 Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/technology/data-centers-voter-concerns-independence-missouri.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/technology/data-centers-v... | https://archive.today/24VSs https://archive.today/24VSs - August 19th, 2026 Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs - https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/18/young-adults-in-the-us-are-increasingly-wary-of-ai-concerned-it-will-take-jobs/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/18/young-adu... - August 18th, 2026 Data centers take center stage in Wisconsin governor’s race - https://civicmedia.us/news/2026/08/07/data-centers-take-center-stage-in-wisconsin-governors-race https://civicmedia.us/news/2026/08/07/data-centers-take-cent... - August 7th, 2026 Data center foes win big in Tuesday’s primaries - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/data-center-foes-win-big-in-tuesdays-primaries-01025481 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/data-center-foes-wi... - August 5th, 2026 How data centers drove Utah's primaries - https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/06/25/data-center-utah-primary-stuart-adams-box-elder-iron-millard https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/06/25/data-c... - June 25th, 2026 How opinions and use of AI differ by age - https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/how-opinions-and-use-of-ai-differ-by-age/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/how-opinions... - June 17th, 2026 Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area - https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-ce... - May 13th, 2026