Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTrump Backs Elon Musk as Possible TikTok Buyer, Suggests Government Stakewww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down113
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkTrump Backs Elon Musk as Possible TikTok Buyer, Suggests Government Stakewww.macrumors.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up180arrow-down2·1 day agoSo… Members of the government are seizing private companies for themselves? Isn’t that why we can’t have universal healthcare or free education? Because the slippery slope would lead to the government seizing private property? Why are we skipping the good parts?
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down1·1 day agoThis is to help Elon Musk control TikTok without actually having to buy all of it. The government share are going to be non-voting shares.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 day agoWhy shouldn’t the taxpayer subsidize another company of this grifter?
minus-squarebanghida@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoBecause that’s what’s been going on for a while now?
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoExactly right, fuck the plebs. No health care, no maternity leave… We got no money for that. But we got money to make President Musl rich!
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoBecause he is the puppet master.
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoOh, but it’s fine when the government is made up of corporatists.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoCivil forfeiture has existed for decades. Taking property for themselves hasn’t been the problem.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoShares are special type of property in this country Government can seize your house for public good… But never owners shares in his grift!
So…
Members of the government are seizing private companies for themselves?
Isn’t that why we can’t have universal healthcare or free education?
Because the slippery slope would lead to the government seizing private property?
Why are we skipping the good parts?
This is to help Elon Musk control TikTok without actually having to buy all of it.
The government share are going to be non-voting shares.
Why shouldn’t the taxpayer subsidize another company of this grifter?
Because that’s what’s been going on for a while now?
Exactly right, fuck the plebs.
No health care, no maternity leave… We got no money for that.
But we got money to make President Musl rich!
Because he is the puppet master.
Oh, but it’s fine when the government is made up of corporatists.
Civil forfeiture has existed for decades. Taking property for themselves hasn’t been the problem.
Shares are special type of property in this country
Government can seize your house for public good… But never owners shares in his grift!