Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as data center land

Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by morkalork on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @06:15PM (#48483480)

Americans don't even protest on weekdays, they wait for a weekend to do it. So it is easy to say that they aren't serious but on the other hand, they're a lot closer to the knife's edge of stability and missing a day of work can get them fired (especially in at-will employment states), Europe is not like this as much.

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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by johannes1234321 on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @06:30PM (#48483655)

And if they lose the job they lose their insurance, thus their medication.

This increases stakes to protest quite a lot, compared to European worker protection and social security.

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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by stavros on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @07:20PM (#48484133)

Well maybe you can get some worker protection and social security by protest... oh, wait.

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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by morkalork on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @07:28PM (#48484199)

Yes, they've wound up having their whole lives very effectively taken hostage. Also criminals lose the right to vote don't they? Seems like the perfect incentive to criminalize any political movements that are contrary to the ruling class.

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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by kelvinjps10 on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @10:47PM (#48485682)

But in latin America and poor countries don't have these benefits and still people protest way worse

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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by SauntSolaire on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @07:16PM (#48484106)

That's somewhat understandable, what I find more interesting is that people around me won't show up unless it's between 70-80 degrees out.

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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by vasco on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @06:29PM (#48483649)

Do you think perhaps the two are related

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Re:Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as... by keybored on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @07:22PM (#48484146)

Oof, could never be the case.

Guys, I feel like we should get another anti-union thread here soon. It’s getting a little too hot for comfort. I’ll start. Whew While I do like unions in theory, I was really peeved when I was getting my start in the working forces as a banana picker and this guy Bob took midday naps...

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