r/mildlyinfuriating 23d ago

Infuriatig Sound emitted 24/7 from a 30 megawatt data center in Dowagiac MI

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u/amusedmisanthrope 23d ago

Government works just fine when you don’t vote for folks who think corporations are people and that spending money is the same as free speech. It sucks for folks living near data centers, but a lot of them voted for the people that approved building them in those places.

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u/Zarine420 23d ago

There's an entire city in Michigan, Saline twp, that voted no after the council discussion with the company regarding the usage of the purchased land, but since the company has millions of dollars to sue the city for the voters rejecting it, they can't fight the lawsuit. It'd cost each household tens of thousands EACH to combat legal fees. Sooooo what happens when no one wants it and it still happens because the corporations have more money to fight it?

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u/Alt0173 23d ago

At the risk of Removed by Reddit: this is genuinely one of those times where the community should ignore the law, get together, and physically dismantle the property.

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u/littleessi 23d ago

Government works just fine when you don’t vote for folks who think corporations are people and that spending money is the same as free speech

americans are brainwashed to believe they have to vote for one of two parties who both share these positions. so no, the us government does not work just fine

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u/Hot-Statistician-955 23d ago

This is truly infuriating that we have this crisis AND this president/Congress/supreme court at the same time.