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by dsfyu404ed 1205 days ago
Telecom wealth is also pretty evenly distributed nationally because at the end of the day all the money is tied up in the infrastructure that's installed across the nation. They gotta pay someone in Kansas to install fiber in Kansas.

Tech wealth is far more concentrated and it's concentrated among the "very wealthy" and the "coastal elites". Both of those groups are pretty unpopular outside their own bubbles right now.

That further tips the scales in favor politicians targeting tech.