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		kingsuper20 on June 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Teamsters announce coordinated nationwide proj... "my insatiable appetite for war and killing in defence of myself," For a culture, that sounds like a feature, not a bug. I don't hate the idea of FAANG unions, although I expect you just end up with two abusive quasi-monopolies instead of one. (Question: Why is Netflix in that group aside from the unfortunate new acronym?)

whobar on June 23, 2021 | [–]

> (Question: Why is Netflix in that group aside from the unfortunate new acronym?)

Because they pay massive salaries, at the same level of the other companies.

pianoben on June 23, 2021 | [–]

FAANG is so constituted because at the time, all of those stocks were massively outperforming expectations, and the market in general.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/faang-stocks.asp

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