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Can we stop with the AI misinformation? AI is not slurping up consumer power. All major tech companies use privately generated, non-consumer power.

Bitcoin is still causing these power grid issues. It has been since 2019.

Edit: to the brainturds downvoting without even looking into it, read it from the source

A few of these are not red flags though... Yellow at best

More details from the article:

• In the 1920s, many Mexicans were fired from their jobs due to intense anti-immigrant racism and the great depression.
• Private and city local agents would show up at some people's door with train tickets in hand, and say "pack your bags and get on this train."
  • Hence the air quotes around "deported".
• At first, most American Mexicans left "voluntarily":
  • They wanted to escape racism and find work.
  • The Mexican government promised them free land, as well, further pushing many to leave.
• Many of the American citizens that left were the children of non-citizens, whose parents made them leave.
• It wasn't until later the federal government got involved, and comparatively fewer (90k, still a lot) were deported forcibly.

Interestingly, this is a common trend when we look at anti-immigrant action. The federal government is rarely the actor that does most of the damage. Most of the action comes from extremely racist MAGA-type populists going around burning property and attacking people en masse. See also the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Regarding the cognitive dissonance required to A) value decentralization of power, and also B) support the CCP: 🤦

It's simple: People who gain from misinformation create platforms that empower bots and sockpuppets.