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by wpasc 2425 days ago
I'm sorry but this article is beyond stupid. It is a narrative in search of data.

Opening line:

>Silicon Valley software engineers seem more loyal to the left wing of the Democratic Party than to their own employers.

Then proceeds to include no data that any donations are actually from software engineers.

Then the actual amounts:

>Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, who has called for breaking up Facebook, Amazon and Google, raised more than $173,000 from tech industry employees in the third quarter, according to Bloomberg News’s analysis of public data on political contributions from employees at 10 large tech companies.

$173,000? Candidates raising money is usually discussed in terms of millions raised. so 173k? how is that newsworthy? that could be 173 ppl giving 1k.

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I find it weird that she picks and chooses. Limits the execs but takes money from the low level employees.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/elizabeth-warren-limits-donatio...

I see no contradiction there. She’s fighting against the influence wielded by those at the very top of the ladder.