▲ 192 ▼ Britain ‘Does Not Have Enough Water’ for Planned AI Data Centre Boom (novaramedia.com) submitted 6 days ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 2 points 5 days ago (1 child) Or even essentials. The capitalist class'll charge for air as soon as they can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago (1 child) The thing is the 1% think that they can do that. But if they did everyone would just die and then they would have no money. It's like the idiotic bunker plans to survive the end of the world, what's their long-term strategy, they're going to survive the environmental collapse they themselves caused and then what they're going to do, live in the bunkers for the rest of eternity? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 1 point 5 days ago Unironically yes, I think that's their plan. Micro fiefdoms for themselves and their immediate descendents and fuck the rest. A power structure and loyal caste to be their knights/enforcers. There's a good reason why many lefty thinking heads are calling this techno-feudalism, and comparing TESCREL ideas to medieval ideologies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago (1 child) The thing is the 1% think that they can do that. But if they did everyone would just die and then they would have no money. It's like the idiotic bunker plans to survive the end of the world, what's their long-term strategy, they're going to survive the environmental collapse they themselves caused and then what they're going to do, live in the bunkers for the rest of eternity? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 1 point 5 days ago Unironically yes, I think that's their plan. Micro fiefdoms for themselves and their immediate descendents and fuck the rest. A power structure and loyal caste to be their knights/enforcers. There's a good reason why many lefty thinking heads are calling this techno-feudalism, and comparing TESCREL ideas to medieval ideologies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 1 point 5 days ago Unironically yes, I think that's their plan. Micro fiefdoms for themselves and their immediate descendents and fuck the rest. A power structure and loyal caste to be their knights/enforcers. There's a good reason why many lefty thinking heads are calling this techno-feudalism, and comparing TESCREL ideas to medieval ideologies. permalink fedilink source parent