Someone brought a guillotine to a city council meeting in Salem, Oregon on July 27, 2026. Not a sign shaped like one. Not a drawing. According to community accounts and social media posts, an actual guillotine structure appeared at the protest outside Loucks Auditorium, where hundreds of residents had gathered to oppose a proposed multi-billion-dollar AI data center. Company representatives reportedly assessed the scene and left, citing safety concerns — though that detail hasn’t appeared in formal news coverage or official minutes.
Violence is literally the only thing that works on the wealthy and the right wing. Don’t even bother speaking.
This is really shitty reporting.
It doesn’t mention anywhere that the guillotine was not functional. They make it sound like it could have been used. It was a prop.
So do the citizens…
That’s why they brought a fucking guillotine.
Like, this is the result of all the shit they’re pulling with bribing politicians and having them arrest anyone who talks back at meetings.
People aren’t just going to lay down and take, at a certain point when the 0.01% keep violating the social contract, everyone else adapts to the new reality
It’s like a little kid who cheats at Monopoly and loves the game, nothing can make them stop cheating and they always insistnon playing.
You fix that by cheating back just as hard, ruin the kids game, and teach them that if everyone plays by the rules we all have fun.
If a few refuse the rules, everyone else refuses the game.
Short of Monopoly ever being a fun game, I agree. Push people far enough, and they’ll push back.
Power to the people. When the government fails is it is the duty of the people to exercise their power
Whoa. I still have to admit that I’m not quite clear on just why AI data centers are what has galvanized resistance so much.
Of all things, why those, I wonder?
It’s the whole package. It’s the unsightly huge buildings, the taking of jobs, the AI slop, the environmental destruction, the electricity cost increase, the noise, the pollution. There are few good things AI does, and none of them offset the negatives.
It’s a bipartisan issue. The Left likes having clean air, clean water, and a safe environment for wildlife. The Right likes lower energy prices and hates government surveillance. There’s also a lot of crossover in those concerns to different degrees. In some cases, local officials appear to be signing NDAs, accepting bribes, and other corrupt hijinks that benefit themselves over their constituencies. Corporations and billionaires will make billions at a tax discount or tax free on the backs of local taxpayers. There’s really a lot to hate about building more of them.
