Because nobody in charge is sane and sober.

mlinhares an hour ago | parent | next [-]

In this very specific case I don’t think this is what is happening. Data center investment is the only thing keeping GDP positive, the moment this stops the real situation of the economy will become visible to everyone and they don’t want that.

	▲	JumpCrisscross an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Data center investment is the only thing keeping GDP positive This is an incentive to build. Not to manage downside risk.
	▲	don_quiquong an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		k-shaped economies, speculative bubbles and 8 business trading astronomical sums of money isn't exactly ideal either

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lovich 21 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I think everyone is downplaying the sober part of your critique. We’ve seen these leaders visibly high while talking to the public about our future paths.