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Rural Americans say they're worried AI data centers will drain their wallets
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026
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They voted for billionaire rule. Many even said they want a Republican dictatorship.
Both parties are billionaire rule, and America is not a democracy. AI and crypto lobbied both parties hard. There wasn't a chance either would side with the populous. Rather than voting by party -- as if that does anything in a gerrymanded system -- we should be voting for populous candidates who promise voting reform in the primary of whatever party your district is gerrymanded for. We should be reforming our local election systems to actually transition into electoral democracy (ranked voting, lottery option, recall mechanism, randomized districting).
There's not a single other issue worth spending political capital on until we're a democracy because it can all be easily undone.