US to take 10% equity stake in Intel, in Trump's latest corporate move. What are you thoughts on this from a privacy standpoint? I'm not close to being an expert on this tech, but can the US Government exploit this?

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (7 children)

so the Republicans are the communists after all

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    You are confusing socialism with communism. Socialism is owning infrastructure like roads, electricity and water supply etc.

    Communism is owning private entities with the goal of full control of all means of production.

    This is a step towards communism and not socialism.

    Edit: OP edited it to communism. I respect that.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    I want to add:

    That being said above, the US goal is not communism. It is to control all powerful companies like Russia does. I dont know what it's called, but it's not communism, as that will require no ownership at all.

    This move by the US is also no different that China owning parts of Huawei.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    State capitalism is when the government has controlling stakes/legislation in all major economic actors, ensuring they pursue government objectives, while still allowing the capitalists involved to extract the major share of profits.

    A real world example is China.

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