Kevin O'Leary is dismissing critics of his Utah data center, suggesting some of the opposition is being amplified by artificial intelligence.
  • shweddy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 hours

    a sleazy greasy billionaire can only assume someone would do something for money its the ONLY incentive for doing anything in their world view

  • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
    2 hours

    I get the trump issue with good hard-working Americans. This Oh!Leery guy makes me ashamed to be a Canadian. Isn’t he related to the lady who burned down Chicago back in the day? /s

  • modus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 hours

    Well at this point there are so many offences against which we must protest, many of us have become professionals.

  • NGC2346@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11 hours

    Im angry for the people there and im not in the US, so sickening to see the direction they are taking against all these citizens protesting it.

  • Crystalbound@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16 hours

    God the paid protestor thing is so fucking tiring. Anybody with more than 2 brain cells sees right through it

        • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1 hour

          the messaging strategy. Press releases, bylines, interviews, media appearances, the media training that goes along with it, and the messaging to say.

    • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15 hours

      That’s giving maga people far too much credit though

      • III@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2 hours

        …that someone is directly harming them and profiting off their stupidity while they actively thank the abuser? No, that doesn’t sound like MAGA people…

    • deadcream@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4 hours

      Well, some people do dedicate their lives to protesting about stuff. It’s called political activism.

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    20 hours

    “paid by somebody - I don’t know who”

    Dammit. Does anyone here know? I’m sick and tired of doing free protesting. Looking for contact info and benefit deets.

    • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13 hours

      We’ll be in touch about your pay King. Keep an eye for a call about your car’s extended warrant 😜

  • credo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19 hours

    some are powered by AI

    So even the data centers are against him?

    • Big Baby Thor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      18 hours

      The data centers became sentient out of primordial hatred for this guy just to spite him.

  • goatinspace@feddit.orgEnglish
    14 hours

    “We want to make sure we don’t strangle the goose that lays the golden egg,” Morris said. MIDA usually imposes a 6% energy use tax on its developments, but this time they rapidly agreed to set it at 0.5%. Morris said, the project will generate estimated $100 million annually once it reaches full capacity. The agreement also cuts a deal on property taxes.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4 hours

      So the deal will cost the state billions but in the end it will net them millions.

  • kat_angstrom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19 hours

    He has no way to respond to legitimate criticisms other than by invoking imaginary strawmen

  • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
    19 hours

    As a Canadian, I’m sorry for this guy. He’s from Montreal and yeah we don’t like him either.