The way I see it, there are a few big reasons why anti-datacenter sentiment is sweeping the nation right now. And none of them require a psyop (though I'm not discounting the possibility). First, billionaires are super unpopular. When Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and Larry Ellison all want the same thing, you can reliably predict a popular backlash to that thing. The ordinary person will assume "whatever's good for them is bad for me" and that is an understandable gut reaction. Second, AI represents an existential threat to identity. I've seen more and more people in STEM (and humanities) coming out against AI, saying we should 'carve out' niches so that 'humans can keep doing what they find fun.' The economy has never worked this way. Farriers went the way of the dinosaur. And when you point this out, they almost always become pedantic, passive aggressive, or downright hostile. Third, AI represents an existential threat to some people's livelihood. If you read the writing on the wall and realize "my job is on the chopping block, it's just a matter of time" then you're going to rationally conclude "I should stop this at all costs." Some people want to pivot. Most people either cannot or will not pivot. So they sabotage the system. There's no solving the first problem. People are going to hate billionaires forever. If you want to get the common voter on the side of data centers, they are going to have see "what's in it for me?" It always comes back to incentives. And I don't just mean 'buy off the farmer with the land' I mean create a political settlement, a democratic institution, that will reward people for allowing data centers to go in. They need to see a path forward. More importantly, they need to see that they can win. That their livelihood can be secured, that their identity won't be threatened. Now, plenty of economists suggest "augment, don't automate!" But again, this is stupid. The free market has never been sentimental about jobs that humans like to do. The instant that humans become the bottleneck, they get replaced. Simple as that. And with the speed and intensity of automation coming, in the form of AI and robotics, humans are going to be the limiting factor in most value streams very soon. I'm not saying "create a jobs guarantee" - that's dehumanizing and wasteful. No, the obvious solution is to give citizens an ownership stake in the automated future. That means they get dividends from productivity. Create sovereign wealth funds, UBI, state wealth funds, ESOPs, EOTs, and other cooperatives and trusts. Do whatever you can to put wealth in the hands of households, and in exchange they will walk out of the office forever. That is the core of post-labor economics. Shifting from a wage-centric distribution mechanism to a capital-centric allocation regime.