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I found this list interesting several ways. Walmarts sits at the top, a retail company that dwarfs even the national oil giant of a huge country (china). There

by prmph 6y ago

I found this list interesting several ways. Walmarts sits at the top, a retail company that dwarfs even the national oil giant of a huge country (china). There are no other retail companies in the top 10, not even Amazon. Volkswagen is bigger than Toyota, though not by much. I always thought Toyota was far and away the biggest automaker. Eight of the top 10 biggest companies are oil companies; we are nowhere near peak oil, and oil industry has out-sized influence on our world. Microsoft and Facebook are not on the list (!)

jacobwilliamroy 6y ago
Microsoft and facebook mainly provide surveillance services. Not nearly as valuable as oil, which is an integral part of everything with no viable alternatives (as opposed to fb and ms who only provide slight advantages over traditional analog surveillance). Why do you think we fight wars over oil? We cant even produce and install a set of solar panels without using oil as the means to do so. Do you see any solar powered solar panel factories? What about a fully solar powered solar panel supply chain? Try asking about such things and people just scratch their heads and shrug.