Because corporations either serve the government’s interests, have contributed to political campaigns, or both. Any other business that doesn’t fit those categories is readily left in the dust. That pattern helps nationalize entire industries—a process socialists like to call “late-stage capitalism.”
Nationalization of businesses, along with subsidies and recapitalizations, is an aspect of socialism, not capitalism.
The tragedy is that, for the most part, both left and right agree that bailouts and subsidies are a problem. What I don’t understand is why the left’s solution is to give the people handing them out more power.
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If you want change in American entertainment, stop posting about it and start patronizing it.
Stop complaining about how "woke" it all is; start investing in artists.
If men like Elon look at arts patronage not in terms of how his investment might enrich himself but in terms of how it would enrich society, things will change VERY quickly.
The true tragedy of Trump's presidency is that he defeated Bush in 2016 only to surround himself with Bush-era neoconservatives throughout his terms, gradually turning into a Bush-like figure himself.
The key takeaway for voters is that the managerial team advising the president wields far greater influence—and thus power—than the president alone.
Kind reminder that, like Ray Epps, Nick the furry Fuentes told his followers to raid the Capitol on Jan. 6 before quietly slipping away. Like Ray Epps, he was never prosecuted by the Biden administration.
If this doesn't scream government asset, then I don't know what does.