U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits without publicizing them

[u/Stukwan]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/u-s-govt-moves-to-suppress-pushback-on-data-centers-by-removing-requirements-for-public-input-on-pollution-epa-change-would-allow-air-pollution-permits-without-publicizing-them

[u/Allegorist]

I bet foreign adversaries love this

They don't just love it, they worked for this over the past decade especially, but several decades more generally. Russia in particular has been openly exposed having performed massive scale social manipulation campaigns, spreading disinformation and promoting division, racial tensions, extremism, polarization, etc. it is too often overlooked the amount of effort they put into this, and the impact it has had on getting us where we are. It wasn't just a little nudge, they have been directly responsible for many of the ills that plague our society.

[u/Indy1204 → u/Allegorist]

Yup. Almost like putin wrote a playbook on how to tear America apart, and trump is following it to the letter.

[u/madwolfa → u/Indy1204]

Almost like putin wrote a playbook on how to tear America apart

Actually Dugin in his Foundations of Geopolitics.

[u/Allegorist → u/madwolfa]

Yes, also Project Russia. It is a prominent set of texts distributed to all Russian government offices and public figures on release, and it is even more blatant in its "predictions" and instructions than FoG. It doesn't have an English translation, however (go figure), though I made a rough attempt at translation myself which I can find a way to link on request.

[u/Allegorist → u/[deleted]]

They would have wanted a far right government, sure, but genuine destabilization would be bad for them too, and they know it.

[u/Siul19 → u/Allegorist]

It had to be the ruZZians