sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoMichigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anywaywww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1189
arrow-up1189external-linkMichigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anywaywww.techspot.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareMiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 hours agoYou seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that the vast sweep of the common people have any power over the decisions that govern their lives at all, beyond the doomsday power of revolution. Which is hardly ever used because of the mess.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 hours agoI’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!”
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 hour agoThat line is actually a quote from “Red” Emma Goldman.
minus-squareMiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoVoting has the effect of allowing the population to feel they are steering the ship when actually they are swabbing the decks.
You seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that the vast sweep of the common people have any power over the decisions that govern their lives at all, beyond the doomsday power of revolution. Which is hardly ever used because of the mess.
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!”
That line is actually a quote from “Red” Emma Goldman.
Voting has the effect of allowing the population to feel they are steering the ship when actually they are swabbing the decks.