In the 2020 presidential election cycle, more than $14bn went to federal candidates, party committees, and Super Pacs – double the $7bn doled out in the 2016 cycle. Total giving in 2024 is bound to be much higher.
That money is not supporting US democracy. If anything, that money is contributing to rising Trumpism and neofascism.
I don’t think they’ll be able to starve out knowledge workers. It would be too tempting for other companies to poach that talent
Yeah, that free market bullshit never actually works like people think it should.