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Uhh... am I in bizarro world? The general public and gov consensus has finally wised up that tech companies with free reign have been pretty dangerous. While I

Uhh... am I in bizarro world? The general public and gov consensus has finally wised up that tech companies with free reign have been pretty dangerous. While I get a majority of NV is a wasteland (driven through a good part of it when I was a truck driver for a little while), this is just stupid for their own state gov. No matter where this tech dystopia happens, the water infrastructure required will be a testament to anti-environmentalism and unsustainability. Vegas already is unsustainable. Another city, profit centric needing vast amounts of water? This doesn't get into the new veil of secrecy tech giants will be given. That's going to create an even bigger hurdle for whistle blowers and investigators to stop tech giants from hijacking both the economy and public discourse. What's that I smell from clear across the country? Smells like large stacks of undeclared cash in envelopes traded hands. I wonder where that smell is coming from? We all know the history of Vegas and the state of Nevada is the epitome of law, honor and corruption busting practices. Company towns have never worked! This is bullshit! Am I the only one that reads history books or am I taking crazy pills!?!?

erhk 6y ago
No tax exemptions so this means nothing
- TheWellerman 6y ago
  Yeah... but oddly they could still impose their own taxes.
- NoOneNew 6y ago
  Because the tech oligarchs have been so good with paying their taxes under current tax codes when governed by an outside body. They'll do even better in a tech governed county. I forsee Dystopia County's tax collection office will be led by Santa since he's so good at maintaining lists.
jdxcode 6y ago
Despite the title, this appears to currently only involve a company called "Blockchains, LLC". I can't see anything involving actual "big tech" companies.
- NoOneNew 6y ago
  No one believed Facebook could be a platform to influence US elections as well. I remember a tiny investigation regarding this only a few years ago. You really dont think that when an inch is given, they're not going to take a mile? It's a "company town". Look up the history of that shit. It has never worked to the benefit of the people. It's a massive source of corruption and profiteering. The current tech generation's philosophy is "break things fast". Why is everyone willing to ignore that just because these people say, "we like engineers" but in the background are just as money greedy as the old school oil tycoons?

erhk 6y ago

No tax exemptions so this means nothing

TheWellerman 6y ago
Yeah... but oddly they could still impose their own taxes.
NoOneNew 6y ago
Because the tech oligarchs have been so good with paying their taxes under current tax codes when governed by an outside body. They'll do even better in a tech governed county. I forsee Dystopia County's tax collection office will be led by Santa since he's so good at maintaining lists.

jdxcode 6y ago

Despite the title, this appears to currently only involve a company called "Blockchains, LLC". I can't see anything involving actual "big tech" companies.

NoOneNew 6y ago
No one believed Facebook could be a platform to influence US elections as well. I remember a tiny investigation regarding this only a few years ago. You really dont think that when an inch is given, they're not going to take a mile? It's a "company town". Look up the history of that shit. It has never worked to the benefit of the people. It's a massive source of corruption and profiteering. The current tech generation's philosophy is "break things fast". Why is everyone willing to ignore that just because these people say, "we like engineers" but in the background are just as money greedy as the old school oil tycoons?