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by johnnyanmac 598 days ago
The term I heard was fence-setters. It's a little off though, becsuse it implies your allegiance changes. Google allegiance is always clearly on money.
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The problem is though that what's best for corporations and what's best for Americans don't align.

If you're McDonald's and your goal is to make money, you're not trying to make the best quality burger. You're trying to get crack legal, so you can lace your burgers with it.

Google will always inherently have a bias towards candidates that push a narrative that helps their profits. This is true of all corporations and is the intrinsic danger of allowing them to influence elections.