Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoTrump Backs Elon Musk as Possible TikTok Buyer, Suggests Government Stakewww.macrumors.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1268
arrow-up1268external-linkTrump Backs Elon Musk as Possible TikTok Buyer, Suggests Government Stakewww.macrumors.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up181·21 days 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-up66·21 days 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-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 days agoCivil forfeiture has existed for decades. Taking property for themselves hasn’t been the problem.
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 days agoOh, but it’s fine when the government is made up of corporatists.
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.
Civil forfeiture has existed for decades. Taking property for themselves hasn’t been the problem.
Oh, but it’s fine when the government is made up of corporatists.