• weeeeum@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The problem is the consequences of certain companies failing. It’s sort of a threat, if I (company) fail the country’s economy/security/etc is going to fail/die.

    It’s kind of like having your heater die in -50 degrees winter. Even if it’s a piece of shit, a new one is gonna take too long to ship and install, and you can’t survive long without it.

    It sucks but it’s the reality of the situation. Companies that know that they have this position of necessity can abuse it to make risky investments.

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      6 months ago

      Okay. So we rescue them and then split them up. Companies are not more important than people or a country.

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        6 months ago

        Once we’ve paid for the essential company, why not keep it? The market has already demonstrated it can’t deliver this essential product/service.

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      6 months ago

      That’s not the reality of the situation at all. That’s what the military industrial complex has paid out to get you to think that way