“We’ll get equity in return for it; get a good return for the American taxpayer, instead of just giving grants away”
gestures at butterfly
is this communism?
No, fascism also entails a merging of government and industry.
The similarity is part of what led to the term red fascism though.
Ultimately the difference is what purpose it serves and the integrity of the system involved.
With a federal government stripping all social aid and increasing the power of the security state it’s very, very clear what the goal of this is.
you are thinking of Corperatism.
https://politicalresearch.org/2005/01/12/mussolini-corporate-state
So no more buying Intel CPUs, as if there hadn’t been enough reasons already.
As shitty as this admin is - that’s actually the right approach. Companies want govt money? Sure. Print some equity.
The right approach would be to nationalize if you claim it has national security interests. Partial stake only incentivizes worst qualifies of capitalism.
National security interests would drive the selection of certain companies. But all companies that need a bailout should do it in exchange for privileged stock. I’m tired of companies like ATT getting billions of dollars of free money for shit like “fiber infrastructure” and then just pocketting it. If they want that money, and if it is a matter of law, then they get uncle sam on the board telling them to spend it how it was meant to be spent.
Bailouts are already conditional by law. Companies just break them and get fined cents for it. So clearly that’s not the solution.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loan
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlling_interest
https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/intro-to-poli-sci/security-state
“Fascism is the merging of the state and corporate power” - either Mussolini or Gentile (in effect though the literal quote is disputed)
Some basics for you since you seem confused about intent and obvious results.
You might wana fact check yourself there as well.
https://politicalresearch.org/2005/01/12/mussolini-corporate-state
I have read much, much more than you on the topic, and the rest of their ideology amounts to it in fact if not exact phrasing.
Like, seriously, just think about “Everything within the state” which is certainly not a disputed quote for one goddamn second.
Further, you were quite literally too lazy to read the disclaimer in that very sentence so maybe just keep your ignorance to yourself.
Considering you made the claim of “Fascism is the merging of the state and corporate power”, I highly doubt you have actually read much about fascism, especially when the term for that is “corporatism”.
And I would argue, if you claim that “Everything within the state” backs up your claim, demonstrates how little you actually understand of fascism and totalitarian constructs.
My point stands, you might wanna fact check yourself, because you clearly need to brush up on your poli-sci.
That is what fascism is or wants to do, dipshit.
Just lmao at the rest.
Have fun being a moron at other people.
That is what fascism is or wants to do
No, it isn’t, in fascism corporations are nothing but the organizational structures for the members of the state to direct control.
The corporation is subservient to the ruling authoritarian, nothing more, any existence outside the totalitarian power structure is negated.
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Good.
RIP Intel.
The question is how bad this will be not just for future products, but existing ones.
