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To: Dilbert San Diego
“The internet as we know it has been around for decades, and has functioned without all of these data centers.”

But AI has not been around for decades. And the use of AI has not peaked; it is just getting started - for business, health care, the military.

Others have said it, I repeat it: I'm not against guns. I am against the misuse of guns.

I am not against data centers. I am against Satan misusing data centers. Just like the printing press was used to publish Bibles, the printing press was used to publish Playboy Magazines.

Society is going to have to sort through regulatory controls. I hope regulators do not prevent our military from being able to knock down with a 100 percent success rate 10,000 hypersonic missiles headed our way - all at the same time.

14 posted on 07/17/2026 9:04:08 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem
Society is going to have to sort through regulatory controls. I hope regulators do not prevent our military from being able to knock down with a 100 percent success rate 10,000 hypersonic missiles headed our way - all at the same time.

Stopping hypersonic missiles is a matter of localized military hardware and physics. It has absolutely nothing to do with the massive commercial data centers being built across the country.

The national defense argument is a smokescreen to hide what these facilities are actually doing: acting as the backbone for mass digital surveillance. These server farms exist to harvest, store, and analyze the intimate details of our daily lives—our locations, spending habits, search histories, and private communications. Tech companies and government agencies use this infrastructure to keep tabs on every single one of us. Wrapping these data centers in the American flag is just a cheap way to justify draining local water tables and driving up electricity bills for the sake of a massive surveillance state.”

20 posted on 07/17/2026 9:56:25 AM PDT by fireman15
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