That's what you get when you run the government "like a business". Whoever pays, gets to play. The only exception are Christian churches who are also being listened to. Everybody else gets ignored.
latentcall · 1h ago
Starting to think software engineers and business executives are just about the worst thing to happen to this planet in a long time!
8note · 2m ago
ai doesnt have to, and is trying to avoid carbon emissions.
the oil companies are still doing the worst, along with the oil burners like car and plane operators.
ai on nuclear or solar isnt doing much bad for the planet
rcpt · 20m ago
The source of this article is a seriously anti-tech luddite.
"Silicon Valley" isn't aligned with the GOP on any issue but these guys just love it when a few VCs brains break because it gives them a chance to lump every engineer in with the maga chuds.
beej71 · 1h ago
Does the federal government have the authority to enforce this?
nradov · 52m ago
Yes. This falls within the Constitution's interstate commerce clause.
glial · 13m ago
Can you help me understand? If state A decides to ban tobacco product B in their state, would that also fall under this clause, and therefore be subject to federal law on the matter?
LocalH · 37m ago
The Commerce Clause has been abused to control plenty of things that the states should have power over. Wickard v Filburn was one of the worst judicial decisions ever made.
mindslight · 1h ago
It feels like these types of dynamics are the real underlying fundamental play here, and it needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Everyone keeps wondering what their plan is for midterms, or in four years, for the obvious backlash when Trump's severe damage to our country becomes undeniable. As if we're merely going to have a "blue wave" that restores sanity [0], up against straightforward tactics like voter repression.
I think the actual goal is to destroy and sell off as much as possible of the government by then, neutralizing what remains of democratic accountability - converting much of our society into foreign-owned "private property", making the remaining core government functions entirely reliant on corporate services, and effectively cementing the corporate-authoritarian dystopia that we all thought we had a chance of avoiding. We've been suffering the ratchet pushing us towards authoritarianism for decades, bouncing back and forth between corporate and government pushes, but I think "AI" and cryptocurrencies have finally given these looters the gall to try kicking over the whole apple cart.
[0] putting aside the whole Democrats talk a good game about chasing the corporate Road Runner but somehow never quite get him dynamic
vjvjvjvjghv · 24m ago
It looks like they will be successful. Democrats in Congress are a bunch of losers who aren't able to deal with this. I am not even sure if they want to.
the oil companies are still doing the worst, along with the oil burners like car and plane operators.
ai on nuclear or solar isnt doing much bad for the planet
"Silicon Valley" isn't aligned with the GOP on any issue but these guys just love it when a few VCs brains break because it gives them a chance to lump every engineer in with the maga chuds.
I think the actual goal is to destroy and sell off as much as possible of the government by then, neutralizing what remains of democratic accountability - converting much of our society into foreign-owned "private property", making the remaining core government functions entirely reliant on corporate services, and effectively cementing the corporate-authoritarian dystopia that we all thought we had a chance of avoiding. We've been suffering the ratchet pushing us towards authoritarianism for decades, bouncing back and forth between corporate and government pushes, but I think "AI" and cryptocurrencies have finally given these looters the gall to try kicking over the whole apple cart.
[0] putting aside the whole Democrats talk a good game about chasing the corporate Road Runner but somehow never quite get him dynamic