for context: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre
“‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre”
for context: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre
“‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre”
The problem with this is that it presumes that rich people are rich because of high income. Sure this might hit some lawyer or CEO with a high salary pretty hard at some point, but the owner class couldn’t care less. What is Elon Musk’s income? He doesn’t just get a paycheck like we plebs do. He has assets that appreciate in value that he can borrow against. If he gets a speeding ticket in Finland, how are they going to determine his income? Most of it isn’t even generated in the country. Sure they can maybe come up with some number based on some symbolic CEO salary he pays himself, but that number is ultimately meaningless compared to his actual wealth. So if Elon Musk wanted to, he could speed right through Helsinki and give the Finish people the middle finger.