If weaponization of AI data centers has taught us anything it’s this: Citizens no longer control their local governments, mega-corporations do

Citizens work to reclaim control over councils who shut down due process, transparency on what these monstrosities will do to communities; Trump shills for billionaire buds invested in AI surveillance

One of the largely untold stories of the data center building boom going on across America right now is the disrespect and utter contempt with which local officials are treating concerned citizens.

Some have been arrested for speaking a few seconds after their allotted time.

Others have been escorted out of council chambers.

Even more common is for people’s elected representatives to ignore them while they are speaking, kind of like a mother whose kids won’t stop talking and by the end of the day she’s simply tuned them out. That’s how hardworking, taxpaying American citizens are being treated by those they elected to local government offices.

If you even get them to respond to a question, you are lucky.

You can find dozens of these videos all over the internet.

One of my favorites is of a female resident of Tyrone County, Michigan, who confronted each one of her city council representatives at a public council meeting with a well-prepared question. It shows how all it takes is a single que…