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A tiny town just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry

Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.

How WAY too much of modern life feels:

humans: "We need to stop climate change!" Climate change: "Hold my beer."

And some people died and families lost everything or whatever, but how will this effect a couple billionaires!??

Oh oh

There is no better example of the current stage of capitalism than: 1. A town in the poorest region of the US was being exploited for a critical component by the tech industry 2. When that town was destroyed the first articles written about that tragedy are how that will effect the tech industry