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BiraIgnaciotoday at 5:22 PM4 repliesview on HN

Is this a little or a lot? any idea how that compares to other industries and donors?


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gwbas1ctoday at 6:50 PM

Paragraph #2 directly answers your question:

> More than one-third of all corporate money contributed to this year's November elections, and primary elections leading up to them, has come from the crypto industry, making it the top corporate political spender, the group said.

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ratelimitstevetoday at 5:51 PM

someone below is saying it's over a third of all spending so far. which feels like a lot to me.

knorkertoday at 5:59 PM

When it's from an industry consisting 100% of organized crime and negative-sum grifting, it's a lot.

I'd read a donation with "from the oil industry" and "from The Organization Of Stealing All Copper from Public Spaces" as different types of "bad", even if I'd prefer that the oil industry also not buy politicians.

For the avoidance of doubt, blockchain people are the copper thieves.

thehofftoday at 5:31 PM

It almost doesn't matter? If it was less than other industries doesn't make it okay. I like any/all callouts of industries and their political "donations". Its all so ridiculous.

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