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US Government Takes Unprecedented $27 Billion Equity Stakes in Private Companies
Heresy Financial
The Death of Capitalism
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"Over the last year and a half, the United States government has been doing something that is completely unprecedented in American history, and that is that it has been taking ownership stakes, equity stakes in private companies. This is quite literally the death of capitalism and free markets."
Since January 2025, the US government has announced investments worth nearly $27 billion involving direct ownership of approximately 30 private companies, including a $9 billion stake in Intel and stakes in critical mineral and semiconductor firms. The speaker argues this represents a fundamental shift from crony capitalism toward government ownership of the means of production, citing examples like Intel and Quantinum whose stock prices surged after government investment.
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