I'd be less angry with the big tech companies if they were cynically buying Congressional support with targeted political donations. But they suck at it! The PACs just give to the worst people without the most basic grasp of how to buy a politician. They can't even bribe right!
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Replying to @Pinboard
these amounts of money are so hilariously small for a company with Facebook's profits. as a completely values-free calculation, they should probably give the max to every national and state-level candidate in America, just in case
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Replying to @jeffbercovici
That's kind of what the sugar lobby does, and I respect them for it. They just max out to everyone. The legal limit is $10K/politician so the amounts really are small by corporate standards.
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