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Michigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anyway (www.techspot.com)
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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I've been rewatching Community and the more I watch it, the more I feel like Britta's "dumb" comments are real.

"If voting had any effect, it'd be illegal!"

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 hours ago

That line is actually a quote from "Red" Emma Goldman.

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

Voting has the effect of allowing the population to feel they are steering the ship when actually they are swabbing the decks.