Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io
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There's a very realistic future where small towns scattered all around the USA (and other places, but there's gonna be a shit ton of it here) will find themselves stuck with half built or buit-but-empty datacenters when this bubble bursts.

I think those cities should seize them from the bankrupt shell companies that will eventually own them on paper, and operate them as public utilities. Ideally, as part of or alongside public broadband utilities.

sport of sacred spherical cows @beadsland@beige.party
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@jenniferplusplus

apropos:

"In July of 2021, Snupo and hundreds of workers walked through the gates and took over the factory. It was the most natural thing in the world, that we could go back into our factory, and fight for the chance to start over.

"It was the most natural thing in the world.

"There's a precedent for this: the Marcora law, which lets workers buy out their factory when the business is in crisis. And over the years, plenty have done just that, turning failing companies into thriving cooperatives."

inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dQMZR64

Here, it would be community stakeholders, rather than workers.

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