Jeff JarvisAug 15, 2025
How often must we repeat this? The merger of industry and government is fascism.
The U.S. Is Discussing Taking a Stake in Intel https://www.wsj.com/tech/us-stake-intel-1ff24500?st=yDjTk9
Show threadjonathankoren™

@jeffjarvis I’m old enough to remember giving a loan to General Motors was a communist nationalization of industry.

This stuff is just really weird shit.

Aug 15, 2025 at 12:28amWeb
Show threadMatthew MartinAug 15, 2025
@jonathankoren @jeffjarvis Yeah, I wish smarter people were planning to bail out Intel, but if all the chip making ends in the US, the US military will be in the position of the Russian military, depending on their enemies to provide military equipment
Show threadKanaMaunaAug 15, 2025

@jonathankoren @jeffjarvis

I was just going to say the exact thing. Pisses me off that I had friends and relatives brainwashed over that.

Show threadPuppetheadAug 15, 2025
@jonathankoren @jeffjarvis Hard to tell the difference between a government "taking a stake in" (fascism) and "seizing the means of" (communism)...