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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead

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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead

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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.
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    They’ve been taught that if they ignore the law and do whatever they want to they don’t get punched in the face.

    That will only go on for so long but it’s going to suck until someone gets punchy.

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      Especially with the recent East Wing argument, the lesson is “if you do it fast enough and ignore other people getting angry about it, you can do whatever you want.”

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        The only reason they ever didn’t ignore people getting angry about things was because when people used to get angry they also got shooty.

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      gimme some wiskey and point them out, I get punchy, 1 shot or 20

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      What’s the saying? “Ownership is 90% posession.”

      Like with the stuff going on at the East Wing or the Kennedy Center, some people just move forward even if they’re not allowed to because chances are they won’t be stopped or penalized.

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        “Possession is nine-tenths of the law” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_is_nine-tenths_of_the_law

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