• Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    I mean… personally? I don’t feel like this is actually that much of a hot take. More of a verifiably good idea.

    • kiterios@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      The bailout is the government purchasing shares at about to go bankrupt prices. It’s a reasonable take that isn’t even really a change in the system.

      • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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        9 hours ago

        See…that’s the kind of logic that gets people places!

        … unfortunately in the US the place it might get you is the gulag…

      • zikzak025@lemmy.world
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        14 hours ago

        And yet the “free” market can’t be trusted to correct itself and fill the gaps if we allow a giant megacorp to fall.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        “Pay no attention to the [US government buying 10% of Intel] behind the curtain.”