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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to influence California politics (missionlocal.org)
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Tan, the CEO of the vaunted startup incubator Y Combinator, announced Wednesday he had spun up a dark-money group called “Garry’s List” that he described as a “voter education group” that is “dedicated to civic engagement, voter education and support for common-sense policies and candidates” in a press release. Such groups give donors a way to anonymously support causes without giving directly to a candidate or a measure.

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[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Another one? Isn't GrowSF already this?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 8 points 21 hours ago

They've always got more money to spend.

Oligarchy and democracy are fundamentally incompatible.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Cali's economy is bigger than the UK, theres a lot of money to be thrown around.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

California has far more billionaires than any other state by a large margin. According to Wiki, at under 200, the UK has fewer billionaires than California.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 points 19 hours ago

Kind of a useless measure compared to billionaires per gdp or billionaires per capita. "Places with more money have people with more money"