Mastodawn

Criminal groups are misdirecting trucks carrying RAM in order to loot them, in case you were wondering how AI is going.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/laptop-electronics-ram-ai-tax/686628/?utm_source=feed

You Can’t Escape the AI Tax

Electronics are getting more expensive and worse. Blame the AI boom.

The Atlantic

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Douglas Edwards

4d ago

@Ashedryden Once we get control of the government — if we can — time to tax data centers out of existence.

No more cyberspace robber barons.

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Douglas Edwards

@Ashedryden Really we ought to just seize all data centers outright, and physically dismantle them, and nationalize the whole digital electronics industry. If/when we actually control the government.

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(^^)4d ago

@dedicto in the US, there should be at least a political party that has this as a plank in their platform. all we have are these neo-liberal death cultists.