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The US Government Is Now a Shareholder in 26 Companies

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Re: The US Government Is Now a Shareholder in 26 Companies

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Post by fhdkweig »

cyanydeez wrote: post #9
throw0101d wrote: post #7

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Now the government has an extra incentive to get rid of unions entirely so that the company (and the government shareholder) makes more money. So yes, option B.

They also have an incentive to use legal pressure to suppress competitors. But I am sure this (and other administrations) would never throw their weight around for fun and profit. /s

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Post by everdrive »

thisislife2 wrote: post #2

Have we come full circle now with China inspired by American Capitalism to create their own model of it, that now inspires the Americans to imitate the Chinese?

Yes, we've been copying the Chinese in a few cases in the past 6 years. I think they're the early warning signs of cultural dominance. Sort of like how a tin-pot African dictator in the 1980s would have an over-the-top western-style military uniform.

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Post by exe34 »

kingleopold wrote: post #8
benoau wrote: post #3

Isn't that just socialism without the social benefits?

Norway is far ahead in this, they collect lots of tax from poor and avg. people yet they have the biggest wealth fund in the world. literally only benefits certain groups

That certain groups being everybody, since they use the interest from the fund to put into the general government budget.

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Post by ck2 »

this is why democrats are so stupid to use the word socialist even though it's accurate

sovereign funds, federal ownership making companies "too big to fail" is 100% socialism

but republicans are devious enough to know not to call it that

so do we get to idiotically slur the current administration and call them communists?

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Post by exe34 »

ryanisnan wrote: post #13
Terr_ wrote: post #6

> Article research and generated imagery enabled by AI tools including Claude by Anthropic. *sigh*

The modern equivalent of an ad hominem attack. Do better.

There's literally no hominem being attacked.

If you want human attention, expend human labour.

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