Agreed. I'm always fascinated by how different industries punch above or below their weight in government.
The movie industry seems to more or less own half of Congress, and appears to be able to get industry-specific legislation created nearly at will. Yet total US movie industry revenue is in the neighborhood of $85 billion, which is about half of Apple all by itself, not even counting any of the many other valuable tech companies out there.
Calculate "total revenues"/"added value to society". The bigger this number, the more likely that the industry is heavily involved with the government.
The movie industry seems to more or less own half of Congress, and appears to be able to get industry-specific legislation created nearly at will. Yet total US movie industry revenue is in the neighborhood of $85 billion, which is about half of Apple all by itself, not even counting any of the many other valuable tech companies out there.