The defense industry is already the most socialized industry in the US today. Do we want Raytheon deciding that they want to sell cruise missiles to whoever they want? Of course not. Do we let Lockheed-Martin just sell F-35s to whoever they want? Of course not. In fact it is the US the government goes out and sells them to other countries!

SpaceX only survived because of government investment and intervention. The majority of their income continues to be provided by the US government. Why shouldn't the government cut out the trillionaire middleman?

While Krugman has never met anything he wouldn’t nationalize, it’s legitimate and traditional for national entities to enforce communications carrier controls in the national interest.

Bold, yes. Important? Also yes.

The state has no problem taking the property of poor people with the intent of delivering public utility. When the richest man in the world can unilaterally intervene in wars and buy up media megacorps to control information transfer, eminent domain starts seeming important.

It's rather bold for an individual to hijack control of US foreign policy.

right? We can't even get a treanous president elect in prison with video footage of the treason.

unprecedented times may call for unprecedented actions

The oligarchy is out of control