that’s intentional. (It’s of course valid for you not to like it, but I was in fact questioning the need for bystanders to like deals like data center construction. “tone deaf” and “contemptuous” are exactly what it would sound like if someone were making this point.)
I think this kind of thing would’ve been more appropriate in the 2000s or so, when the issue at stake was somewhat less that the powerful people are just going to shove their preferences down everyone’s throat, norms be damned, and there was still more civility going on.
that’s intentional. (It’s of course valid for you not to like it, but I was in fact questioning the need for bystanders to like deals like data center construction. “tone deaf” and “contemptuous” are exactly what it would sound like if someone were making this point.)
I think this kind of thing would’ve been more appropriate in the 2000s or so, when the issue at stake was somewhat less that the powerful people are just going to shove their preferences down everyone’s throat, norms be damned, and there was still more civility going on.