Years earlier, she had asked a boss if he would let his children fly on a plane with the litany of flaws and non-conformances he was urging her to “pencil-whip”: “Cindy, none of these planes are staying in America, they’re all going overseas,” he retorted, much to her horror.

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    Black Rock basically owns the entire stock market. Even the best intentioned companies eventually have to cave to fiduciary duty to shareholders.

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      That’s why going public is a sign the owners no longer care about the business and only care about fleecing us as much as possible.

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      Black Rock owns absolutely fuck-all. It only manages the 401ks of normal people like you and me, and STOLE OUR SHAREHOLDER VOTING RIGHTS.

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        Yeah these headlines always grind my gears. Even the equity they don’t steal, they leverage as if their own assets. They’re fucking mine and yours.

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      No, it really doesn’t. Assets under management (not owned) 11.5 trillion, while the American stock market alone is worth around 50.