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The oil giant that dwarfs Silicon Valley

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Tech bros love to brag about their trillion-dollar valuations, but the real power still lies in black sludge. Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant quietly dwarfs Silicon Valley in sheer profit generation and physical asset holdings. They don't need to sell you a fancy glass screen or software subscriptions; they literally control the underlying fuel source that makes the entirety of global capitalism possible.

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