Officials nationwide face death threats and gunfire over AI data center projects — More than 500 towns restrict builds as councils shutter public comment
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Monitoring shows threats have stayed elevated since April.
  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    12·
    23 hours ago

    This is what happens naturally when elected leaders ignore who they are supposed to represent. People don’t get this angry without a reason. They are unheard.

    There’s a very simple thing the leaders need to do. Listen and act in their constituents interests.

    • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
      11·
      18 hours ago

      Doesn’t matter which way they vote, they’re getting attacked. When your populace is split, what are you supposed to do?

      • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        17 hours ago

        Who’s sending them death threats for not persuing data centers projects? Elon Musk?

        More generally, a politician who upsets their voters this much is a failed politician. Even when the populace is split, you can find things that they agree on and work towards that.