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Mississippi regulators greenlight xAI’s Southaven power plant despite strong public opposition (floodlightnews.org)
submitted 11 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 27 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

In a just world the board wouldn't have approved.

In a less just world the public would be able to burn down the whole fucking site and the police turn a blind eye.

But we live in an unjust world where money is literally the only thing that matters.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

The people could always go have a polite chat with the regulators. I'm sure they are reasonable chaps and willing to consider alternative outcomes.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 8 points 10 hours ago

Have fun with that Mississippi. You could have a regulatory environment that would scrutinize a company whose unstable white supremacist owner has enjoyed blatantly violating safety and environmental regulations at his companies, but instead you get to live like worker's rights and environmental laws don't exist.