Once the government owns shares, it owns leverage—over speech, hiring, and what gets built. That's a censorship and cronyism machine waiting to happen.
No. Giving Washington ownership in Big Tech turns regulators into players and invites censorship, favoritism, and political payback.
Whether the US government should buy tech stakes remains heavily debated. Advocates emphasize national security benefits, whereas critics strongly warn against market interference.
Gov buying stakes in tech firms just hands politicians control over innovation and turns markets into rigged games.
