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I can't see how this differs from any other article about a large, dominant employer in an area. It could be a coal-mine, theme park, or university, and there'd
by blowski 4y ago
I can't see how this differs from any other article about a large, dominant employer in an area. It could be a coal-mine, theme park, or university, and there'd be a very similar comments.
- throwayyy479087 4y agoThe Media hates tech for destroying their business model and for now controlling the means of distribution. That's why you see articles like this about data centers but not, say, hospitals - which are WAY worse.
- phphphphp 4y agoThe Media is mostly just a bunch of journalists trying their best to write interesting enough stories to keep their jobs. The stories they're writing are typically a reflection of what they think people care about: in this case, people care about the impact technology is having on us, and this is one aspect of it. The fact that we're here discussing this story proves that it was a good story to write. Suggesting this is a backlash against technology for "controlling the means of distribution" is silly (not least because WaPo is owned by Bezos so they'd be the last participant in an anti-tech conspiracy, if indeed there was one).
- xyst 4y agoSuburbanites get a small taste of what it felt like in the 1950s when poor or predominantly black communities were bulldozed and replaced with massive highways
- geocrasher 4y agoI doubt that those who had their homes bulldozed would agree.