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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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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

“If voting had any effect, it’d be illegal!”

The joke of that is voting is illegal, for quite a few people.

Voters are segregated, consent is manufactured, seats are gerrymandered, populists are vilified... But when all else fails, the elections don't matter and industry does as it pleases.

Democracy exists as an illusion of majority governance, so individuals in opposition feel alienated and at odds with unknown neighbors. The policy outcomes are put at the feet of popular majority, whether or not people actually want them.