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You don't get angry with the scorpion for stinging the frog. He is just behaving according to his nature. The US is in a late-capitalist phase right now. It's

You don't get angry with the scorpion for stinging the frog. He is just behaving according to his nature. The US is in a late-capitalist phase right now. It's gotten here because the voting public think it's a good thing. Every two years they go to the polls and vote for "business friendly" parties and policies. And indeed most Americans today would say Capitailism is great, Govt intervention is bad, fewer regulations gets stuff done. Anything other than rabid capitalism is defacto Communism. And while very popular right now getting angry at all serves no purpose. When everyone is angry about everything all the time it ceases to be notable. What is purposeful is taking an interest in local govt. It's alerting your council as to your concerns. And by encouraging neighbors to do the same. It's in thinking beyond the simplistic "pro business at all costs" rhetoric. It's understanding that current US policies, foreign and domestic, are specifically designed to make companies richer and citizens poorer. And understand that you're not in a fight to stop development. You're in a fight to make the development work in harmony with the community, and not against it. The opposite of ugly corporate behavior is not communism.

lovich 2mo ago
> You don't get angry with the scorpion for stinging the frog. He is just behaving according to his nature. It’s a nice analogy but it’s still people making these decisions. I will in fact get angry at someone who decides to dump their trash on my lawn because it’s in their nature to be a piece of shit. And that’s why people are angry at these data center companies. > And understand that you're not in a fight to stop development. You're in a fight to make the development work in harmony with the community, and not against it. Yea, and people vote to not have data centers in their towns and get overridden anyway. So now it is a fight to stop development, from the view of these people trying to stop the data centers from being built and dumping noise and air pollution on them. > The opposite of ugly corporate behavior is not communism. Don’t know where this non sequitur came from. At no point was communism being discussed. Being against actions of companies that have a negative impact on your life does not have anything to do with communism.

lovich 2mo ago

> You don't get angry with the scorpion for stinging the frog. He is just behaving according to his nature. It’s a nice analogy but it’s still people making these decisions. I will in fact get angry at someone who decides to dump their trash on my lawn because it’s in their nature to be a piece of shit. And that’s why people are angry at these data center companies. > And understand that you're not in a fight to stop development. You're in a fight to make the development work in harmony with the community, and not against it. Yea, and people vote to not have data centers in their towns and get overridden anyway. So now it is a fight to stop development, from the view of these people trying to stop the data centers from being built and dumping noise and air pollution on them. > The opposite of ugly corporate behavior is not communism. Don’t know where this non sequitur came from. At no point was communism being discussed. Being against actions of companies that have a negative impact on your life does not have anything to do with communism.