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Spoilers: it's because our regulatory, legislative, and judicial infrastructure exists to defend monied interests. We're incapable of taking collective action t
by ixtli 7y ago
Spoilers: it's because our regulatory, legislative, and judicial infrastructure exists to defend monied interests. We're incapable of taking collective action that reduces private property accumulation, so no monopoly busting.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoGoogle has been the largest spender in DC for a couple years now, I believe.
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- Goronmon 7y agoOnly the last couple of years? Sounds like they have a lot of catching up to do then.
- jonas21 7y agoI don't think that's true. https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2019&indexType=s https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2019&inde... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2018&indexType=s https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2018&inde... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2017&indexType=s https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2017&inde...
- ocdtrekkie 7y ago2019 is far from a complete year. In both 2017 and 2018, Alphabet is the first listed corporation[0], which is probably the reason I see the claim made, most of the rest are associations. [0]If you ignore BC/BS, which is a "federation of 36 independent companies", though that is largely a way to deal with the law requiring health insurance be in-state. If you want to, I'd accept saying Alphabet is the second corporation on the list, if we're being real.