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Igel

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6. Stalinism would have Trump appoint the people running it,
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 05:36 PM
Jun 2025

make sure that they produced what he wanted to be produced, from the appropriate raw material sources, sold to the people that he thought needed it for the price the state set.

Of course, he could delegate the authority, to be sure.

I don't like it for all sorts of reasons, but if Stalin limited himself to what Trump did it would still be fairly free market.

I look forward to when the next president--(D), of course--goes through the process of returning control to the corporation and foreswearing that kind of control in the first 6 months of the new 4-year period. (Actually, I'm not holding my breath. More likely it'll be gifted to the steelworkers union. Either way, it's a government taking.)

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