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On Mon, 6 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 06/01/2025 10:50, D wrote:
>> unless they live off government handouts, in which case they are really 
>> just a branch of government.
>
> No. Government is just another branch of the companies.

Depends on the country. I guarantee you that the government calls the 
shots in sweden. In the US, I'm not so sure, but then, the US is not a 
socialist as sweden.

> It's called 'state capture' or 'crony capitalism'
>
> The more overtly socialist and 'caring' the government is, the easier is it 
> to bend its motives towards state sponsored profit.
>
> Not a single windfarm or solar farm has been built without massive state 
> incentives.

This is the truth!