Quote from: Julian M on Today at 15:34:31Regulators are under the orders of corporate overlords and lobbyists

Correct. Now that's all left is grassroots organised collective action through mass general strikes and protest movements.

Throughout history whenever there's been mass concentrations of wealth and power, it's never been given back freely to the people. It's always had be fought after through struggle.

Monterey Park, CA made history recently becoming one of the first US cities to ban AI data centre rollout. It happened because people united both local officials and environmentalists.

Also shows that while nothing can be done with federal/national govt level, local officials are more workable/willing and less corrupt. It's a better strategy to fight at local levels for change than waste down waiting for any change to come from the top.

Quote from: Julian M on Today at 15:34:31It's worth noting Europe isn't doing much better as they are under similar constant lobbyist pressure.

Yup. Same neoliberal policies and austerity agenda been happening for decades in the all Western governments.

Quote from: Aye on May 05, 2026, 15:55:44+1000.

Until governments start having stronger regulations on taxing corporations and the rich, for better redistribution of wealth. I don't see why it would get any better.

The whole reason why we're in this mess is because the memory cartels are bed with the AI mafia who themselves are in bed with the politicians and have bought entire government coalitions out.

Regulators are under the orders of corporate overlords and lobbyists - the mess we're in is no accident and once the bubble pops, padding their collective behinds with public funds is already planned. It's not a matter of "if it pops", it's a matter of "how many billions".

It's nothing new, but Orangeman and his lackeys are taking this to a whole other level. It's worth noting Europe isn't doing much better as they are under similar constant lobbyist pressure.

In an economy with top 10% responsible for >50% of all consumer purchases, the voice and labor of the 90% is not as important anymore. Look forward to a world increasingly inhospitable for the 90% as catering to them becomes a chore and their labor becomes devalued by automation and AI. There will be more B2B propping up the entire market, more alignment between government and big corps, more corporatism and symbolic gesturing. If you are lucky, you won't end up in a civil war or foreign war.

Quote from: Aye on May 05, 2026, 15:55:44

Quote from: heffeque on May 04, 2026, 22:34:34People don't realize that prices won't go down again any time soon.

If anything they'll continue going up.

+1000.

Until governments start having stronger regulations on taxing corporations and the rich, for better redistribution of wealth. I don't see why it would get any better.

The whole reason why we're in this mess is because the memory cartels are bed with the AI mafia who themselves are in bed with the politicians and have bought entire government coalitions out.

Until this root cause is addressed, I don't see anything stopping this. It doesn't matter if everyone one of us stops buying memory for the next 2-3 years. We no longer matter, all profits are being generated by insider trading and ai data centre contracts for surveillance state systems and military industrial complex anyway.

what

Quote from: heffeque on May 04, 2026, 22:34:34People don't realize that prices won't go down again any time soon.

If anything they'll continue going up.

+1000.

Until governments start having stronger regulations on taxing corporations and the rich, for better redistribution of wealth. I don't see why it would get any better.

The whole reason why we're in this mess is because the memory cartels are bed with the AI mafia who themselves are in bed with the politicians and have bought entire government coalitions out.

Until this root cause is addressed, I don't see anything stopping this. It doesn't matter if everyone one of us stops buying memory for the next 2-3 years. We no longer matter, all profits are being generated by insider trading and ai data centre contracts for surveillance state systems and military industrial complex anyway.

"Hopefully, by 2028-2029, the ongoing DRAM crisis would have settled, and prices for memory that have skyrocketed over the past year would have normalized."

People don't realize that prices won't go down again any time soon.

If anything they'll continue going up.