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Re:Billionaires Build by ghufran_syed on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:46PM (#25305393)
Your assumption seems to be that the side that spends more money wins - the prop 16 vote, with the YES side spending 20 million and the NO side spending just 1.5 million would seem to refute that idea.

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_16,_Repeal_Pr...

Is it possible that maybe the voters actually have their own opinions regarding these ballot propositions? So maybe Californian voters think that drivers should have the right to decide for themselves whether to work with Uber or not?

Re:Billionaires Build by dom2 on Friday December 04, 2020 @01:09PM (#25305662)
Yes on 22 spent nearly $300 million on the campaign, along with utilizing their established network of apps to tell CA residents to vote yes on 22. The comparison isn't at all equivalent. Uber et al used their vast resources to essentially purchase a law and it's astounding to me that anyone would defend them for it.
Re:Billionaires Build by bmm6o on Friday December 04, 2020 @04:56PM (#25308670)
OP didn't say that it was a certainty, so a single case isn't really relevant either way.