>Today, Verisign is the single most profitable company in the stock market, a great example of an economic termite

This is just blatantly false. VeriSign is in fact the 1215th most profitable company in the stock market [1]. By operating margin, it's 155th [2]. I find it hard to give an article much credit when I can't even get past the introduction without having to comb through citationless false/misleading statements.

[1] https://companiesmarketcap.com/most-profitable-companies/pag...

[2] https://companiesmarketcap.com/top-companies-by-operating-ma...