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a very short "summary" of two opposing views. but why is this even up for debate and where is the actually socialist perspective here- that's government ownership not workers' ownership-

Yes. In practice, socialist governments have seized the means of production and directed the economy through central planning. “The government owning part of Intel is, on some level, socialism. It’s at least socialism-ish!” Robby Soave writes for The Hill.

No. The United States has a long history of getting involved in company ownership for the purpose of staying competitive with rival nations. “When America faced an international communist threat sponsored by Moscow, conservatives knew absolute devotion to free markets was self-defeating,” Daniel McCarthy writes for The Daily Signal.

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[-] spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago

Robby Soave is senior editor at Reason magazine

Daniel McCarthy writes for The American Conservative

a libertarian and a conservative debating whether Trump did something socialist is just mind-bogglingly stupid, even by the extremely low bar of the present-day New York Times.

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