Example from a state that failed? That didn’t even stick around for the existence of the iPhone??You were given great examples. Examples you should already know about.
You chose to balk at them instead of engaging.
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Example from a state that failed? That didn’t even stick around for the existence of the iPhone??You were given great examples. Examples you should already know about.
You chose to balk at them instead of engaging.
What's ridiculous is your bs that employees are slaves. The notion is a joke, a sick joke that any real slave would laugh at, if they didn't punch you first.
But it's vital to to Marxist sales pitch that people think of it that way, that they view themselves as hapless victims who can only be saved by state intervention.
Government corruption is a problem to be sure. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The more we give the state power over labor and resources, the worse the problem will get.
The Marxist agenda is a class struggle, but not like they pretend. It's an attempt by the political class to transfer economic power from private wealth to the state, to themselves.
The socialist unicorn is the delusion that once they get their way, once the state controls labor and resources, wealth, greed and the lust for power will magically go away. That ambitious capitalists will reluctantly become subsistence farmers or something. But of course the lust for power won't go away. The people who are now chasing wealth via the free market will seek it through government "service" instead. And, when the economic power of wealth and the coercive power of the state are combined, they'll have much more power at their disposal.
What's ridiculous is your bs that employees are slaves.
The notion is a joke, a sick joke that any real slave would laugh at, if they didn't punch you first.
But it's vital to to Marxist sales pitch that people think of it that way, that they view themselves as hapless victims who can only be saved by state intervention.
Rank | Parent | Subsidy Value![]() | Number of Awards |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Boeing | $15,496,865,703 | 958 |
2 | Intel | $8,421,707,656 | 135 |
3 | Ford Motor | $7,742,056,086 | 703 |
4 | General Motors | $7,524,714,800 | 792 |
5 | Micron Technology | $6,790,131,915 | 21 |
6 | Amazon.com | $5,823,705,434 | 460 |
7 | Alcoa | $5,727,691,764 | 134 |
8 | Cheniere Energy | $5,617,152,523 | 43 |
9 | Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry Company) | $4,820,110,112 | 74 |
10 | Venture Global LNG | $4,338,702,441 | 8 |
11 | Texas Instruments | $4,286,328,869 | 69 |
12 | Volkswagen | $3,977,630,513 | 217 |
13 | Sempra Energy | $3,828,022,782 | 51 |
14 | NRG Energy | $3,415,751,518 | 266 |
15 | NextEra Energy | $3,008,691,129 | 116 |
16 | Sasol | $2,836,049,845 | 72 |
17 | Tesla Inc. | $2,829,855,494 | 114 |
18 | Stellantis | $2,795,436,436 | 213 |
19 | Walt Disney | $2,543,219,673 | 265 |
20 | Nucor | $2,538,761,123 | 176 |
21 | Iberdrola | $2,380,558,984 | 110 |
22 | Rivian Automotive Inc. | $2,364,054,012 | 7 |
23 | Hyundai Motor | $2,349,743,470 | 18 |
24 | Oracle | $2,272,418,288 | 96 |
25 | Shell PLC | $2,211,676,001 | 132 |
26 | Mubadala Investment Company | $2,124,035,097 | 62 |
27 | Nike | $2,104,917,829 | 153 |
28 | Meta Platforms Inc. | $2,098,261,272 | 82 |
29 | Toyota | $2,071,010,689 | 239 |
30 | Alphabet Inc. | $2,054,325,527 | 125 |
31 | Brookfield Corporation | $1,979,408,388 | 288 |
32 | Paramount Global | $1,974,249,897 | 342 |
33 | Comcast | $1,927,402,844 | 405 |
34 | Exxon Mobil | $1,917,119,478 | 241 |
35 | Samsung Electronics | $1,891,136,597 | 41 |
36 | Apple Inc. | $1,845,004,670 | 63 |
37 | Nissan | $1,842,814,165 | 98 |
38 | Berkshire Hathaway | $1,830,986,253 | 1,200 |
39 | Summit Power | $1,783,593,414 | 6 |
40 | JPMorgan Chase | $1,740,972,699 | 1,151 |
41 | Energy Transfer | $1,736,836,843 | 175 |
42 | Cleveland-Cliffs | $1,705,497,604 | 129 |
43 | Southern Company | $1,694,958,172 | 45 |
44 | General Electric | $1,645,135,367 | 958 |
45 | Vornado Realty Trust | $1,623,857,336 | 33 |
46 | Duke Energy | $1,580,421,869 | 86 |
47 | Wolfspeed Inc. | $1,563,595,610 | 64 |
48 | General Atomics | $1,510,875,891 | 112 |
49 | IBM Corp. | $1,497,901,697 | 368 |
50 | Lockheed Martin | $1,462,674,082 | 325 |
51 | OGE Energy | $1,427,570,182 | 15 |
52 | SCS Energy | $1,419,011,796 | 5 |
53 | Corning Inc. | $1,391,603,359 | 401 |
54 | Panasonic | $1,384,147,584 | 61 |
55 | Microsoft | $1,366,243,159 | 113 |
56 | Sagamore Development | $1,320,000,000 | 2 |
57 | Northrop Grumman | $1,284,014,883 | 285 |
58 | Vingroup | $1,254,000,000 | 1 |
59 | Continental AG | $1,244,875,478 | 111 |
60 | RTX Corporation | $1,193,950,954 | 797 |
61 | CF Industries | $1,134,394,215 | 131 |
62 | Valero Energy | $1,053,812,692 | 207 |
63 | Dow Inc. | $1,049,354,213 | 640 |
64 | AES Corp. | $1,039,510,135 | 136 |
65 | Air Products & Chemicals | $1,025,557,482 | 88 |
66 | Exelon | $986,892,877 | 98 |
67 | Pyramid Companies | $973,565,278 | 93 |
68 | SK Holdings | $960,550,283 | 8 |
69 | SkyWest | $944,296,654 | 339 |
70 | Centene | $916,607,054 | 60 |
71 | Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. | $900,000,000 | 1 |
72 | Apollo Global Management | $897,750,089 | 594 |
73 | Delta Air Lines | $871,485,833 | 13 |
74 | Jefferies Financial Group | $871,137,335 | 16 |
75 | SK Hynix | $866,700,000 | 2 |
76 | Bayer | $852,475,226 | 217 |
77 | Honda | $849,832,301 | 93 |
78 | Shin-Etsu Chemical | $828,683,936 | 106 |
79 | Enterprise Products Partners | $826,988,371 | 89 |
80 | SunEdison | $817,425,725 | 115 |
81 | Goldman Sachs | $800,873,386 | 253 |
82 | Bank of America | $798,426,128 | 956 |
83 | E.ON | $786,865,473 | 40 |
84 | Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. | $786,835,708 | 219 |
85 | EDF-Electricite de France | $774,590,441 | 36 |
86 | Triple Five Worldwide | $748,000,000 | 4 |
87 | EDP-Energias de Portugal | $733,674,868 | 14 |
88 | Related Companies | $714,675,504 | 8 |
89 | Koch Industries | $683,066,388 | 510 |
90 | Caithness Energy | $672,688,888 | 30 |
91 | Dell Technologies | $658,417,951 | 185 |
92 | Wells Fargo | $657,333,216 | 542 |
93 | FedEx | $647,035,546 | 633 |
94 | Entergy | $638,533,387 | 235 |
95 | OCI N.V. | $627,879,406 | 5 |
96 | Eli Lilly | $623,326,368 | 79 |
97 | Chevron Phillips Chemical | $619,839,444 | 20 |
98 | Bedrock Detroit | $618,000,000 | 1 |
99 | Dominion Energy | $615,436,089 | 79 |
Government corruption is a problem to be sure. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The more we give the state power over labor and resources, the worse the problem will get.
The Marxist agenda is a class struggle, but not like they pretend. It's an attempt by the political class to transfer economic power from private wealth to the state, to themselves.
The socialist unicorn is the delusion that once they get their way, once the state controls labor and resources, wealth, greed and the lust for power will magically go away.
I'm simply not going to let you get away with making such an asinine statement. Even if you want to pretend that employment is "like" slavery, socialism is far worse. In a free market if you have have a falling out with your employer, you're free to look for other ways to make a living. There are other employers and you're free to start your own business if you want. Under socialism, there's only one game in town. And if you don't do as you're told, the consequences are far more extreme - compare losing your salary for a month or two to being sent to a gulag.Yes indeed, the employer-employee relationship under capitalism is a form of slavery ...
Sure, sure. That's why they were begging to have slavery re-instated.In the 1800s, former slaves actually agreed, it was a common theme and understanding that employees are wage-slaves, selling their bodies, and their very lives to a capitalist employer for several hours daily.
And that brings us back to your irrational faith in democracy to solve all problems and right all wrongs. The irony is that democracy, especially in a diverse country like the US, really only works when the powers of government are strictly limited.At least the government holds elections, allowing us to elect our managers, whereas capitalist-employers never hold elections.
Unicorn indeed. Ambition is a human trait, it doesn't depend on government. It will be there under socialism just as much as it is under capitalism. Greedy people will merely navigate the ranks of government, rather than the market.[-- senseless propaganda memes omitted --]
Much of the lust for wealth, greed, and power is conditioned and inculcated by the culture and a person's education. Our society's values heavily influence how greedy and lustful we are for personal, self-serving, destructive power. Under capitalism, such human-based desires and flaws are magnified 10 fold.