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Anyone here notice something? Big Banks launder money and get with it. While Big Tech companies get to lose their right to privacy and seems powerless against the NSA.

And big tech companies actually have a much bigger market cap.



Here's the difference. The banks control something critical: the financial system. What's the critical system for the tech companies? The Internet. Tech companies don't control it, so they don't have as much leverage.




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