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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by gruez on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:37AM (#29594523)
>Isn't that kind of podunk scale for an industry to have a rock solid hold on US politics?

relevant: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/18/too-much-dark-money-in...

>all donations to all candidates, all lobbying, all think tanks, all advocacy organizations, the Washington Post, Vox, Mic, Mashable, Gawker, and Tumblr, combined, are still worth a little bit less than the almond industry. And Musk could buy them all.)

Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by xapata on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:59PM (#29598279)
Good article. It's amusing how one throw-away statement didn't hold up:

> As rich as Elon Musk is, he’s only one of five hundred billionaires, and some of the others are even richer.