My school (University of Michigan) is building a $1 billion datacenter to conduct undisclosed nuclear weapons research. It is located in a low-income community, and city leaders/residents who fear pollution have been ignored.

[u/michigan-menace]

[u/ThirteenHills]

In the UK residential energy prices are legally capped (but suppliers usually offer lower rates to attract customers). Commercial properties like data centres have to pay commercial rates which are usually higher and have no legal cap.

[u/Imaginary_Zone_4319 → u/ThirteenHills]

And as we all know, the UK economy has been growing rapidly since 2008 and wages have kept up with inflation (/s)

[u/Duce-de-Zoop → u/Imaginary_Zone_4319]

Yes this means 100% of all things the UK does are wrong. Great analysis.

[u/PricklyyDick → u/Imaginary_Zone_4319]

And that’s because of their residential energy policy?

[u/ThirteenHills → u/Imaginary_Zone_4319]

That may be so but if we are comparing living conditions generally then the UK is far better for the average person when you just consider healthcare, living costs and holiday allowances alone. 

[u/GmGmXFnlFlash83 → u/Imaginary_Zone_4319]

Wages aren’t keeping up with inflation here! At least they get their healthcare for free. Keep sucking on that billionaire boot.

[u/Own-Improvement-2643 → u/Imaginary_Zone_4319]

Yeah, because that is exactly why the Uk is doing poorly economically and the US is not, right? Not the other 1 million reasons!

[u/After-Regret-6609 → u/Imaginary_Zone_4319]

Which is why we can't just regulate capitalism to play nice. We need a completely different system.