When the government demands ownership of business, that’s LITERALLY the definition of communism. The state taking the means of production into its own hands is literally what republicans said they feared about the far left.
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Taking all the social services away that prevent those in poverty from starving or dying of treatable medical conditions will not stop the debt when the government cuts taxes for the wealthy and subsidize their private businesses. The government needs money to exist and this is the “new” republican idea.
It’s fascism not communism.
Mussolini famously said, “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” He wrote a book called “The Corporate State”. Wikipedia kind of dances around on this but let’s be real. Corporations == Fascism. The thing you are seeing is Fascism not Communism. Communism means there are no corporate share holders. No profits and no buying and selling. The thing you are witnessing is much more related to [Dirigisme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirigisme) or an [Industrial Policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_policy) or not to mince words “Fascism Lite”. These are early days it will snowball. In the mean time learn to distinguish Fascism from it’s opposite. Thirty Million communists died so that you could be free. Read history.
No, it’s LITERALLY not the definition of communism.
Communism requires a government run by workers, a mode of production that is completely free of the capitalist. The state owning a business is a good step towards Communism, but it’s only a small tiny step. I’m hesitant to even say that, because neckbeards will latch unto that and say “see communism!”. There is so much more required and Trump is most certainly not following those steps.
In fact if your read the history of Nazism or fascism you will see this type of business construction was prerequisite for many businesses who wished to flourish under those systems.
Maybe your should understand history and terms before you label something.