[throawayonthe]

i genuinely do not understand why anyone is acting like this is something new; has this not been the status quo since forever?

futhermore this is kind of a naive framing painting the state as somehow separate from majority of the capital...

[cmorgan31]

Are you claiming it has been status quo for the US government to king make companies through the usage of the defense protection act when one entity refuses to remove safeguards? Do you have any examples or is this just the worldview that aligns with your own?

[gentoo]

Sure, the state has always had theoretical power to do this, but when was the last time something remotely like this actually happened?

[grey-area]

No, this is far from the status quo for US government, it is not ordinary corruption, nor is it going to stop here.

Trump and associates have used the machinery of state to attack their enemies, attacked and belittled the judiciary while trying to subvert it, and demanded fealty from large businesses under threat of destroying them. It is unprecedented, reckless and a very dangerous moment, unfortunately not just the US has to live with the consequences.

If you think it is business as usual you need to do some reading of history, specifically a century ago in Germany.