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I can't grok this comment. Are you pro or anti-cartel?

very much anti cartel

Any company using a huge $$ war chest to shower themselves in regulation, is likely trying to usurp market powers from the public -via congressional bribes- to themselves.

How is this different from… any of their competitors?

Anthropic officially funds lobbyists in excess than other huge companies like Microsoft or Amazon. Its latest $20M outlay [1] alone is more that the spend of either company. Their lobbying spend combined is now on par with companies like META, which have tons of regulatory battle fronts (unlike Anthropic)

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2026/02/20/ais-bigges...

You have described here all of Silicon Valley, VC and Y Combinator lol.

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