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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 33 points 18 hours ago (3 children)
[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 14 points 8 hours ago

It's a bailout where the taxpayers actually get something back.

How is it legal to bail out whole banks or other large companies and not get anything in return?

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 38 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Also how is not socialism? Imagine the wailing from Repugnants if the Democrats did this.

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 hours ago

Socialism is social ownership of the means of production. This ain’t it. This is Turbo Capitalism.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Public ownership of companies for the benefit of the public is a form of socialism, but Trump's fascist oligarchy serves only the wealthy elites. Oligarchs hijacking democracy for their own benefit isn't socialism.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 hours ago

It is socialism, between them

[–] ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Beyond the greater issues of corruption, at face value there's no reason the government buying up a company with important strategic value should be illegal

[–] ronigami@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

It’s basically the GM bailout but with less steps and specifically avoiding bankruptcy which seems more efficient. Not that the gov’t won’t just turn around and run Intel into the ground.