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A quick way to discredit your own point is to confuse revenue with profit. Never mention revenue when you are trying to claim companies can afford to do X or Y.

Grocery stores famously have large revenues but very narrow profit margins so they can’t afford anything expensive.

Meta’s profit was $60 billion in 2025. That’s the number to use in examples like yours.

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