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Boeing is already a nationalized business. They're financially propped up by the US government which is why they've been able to make all of these horrible decisions without any consequence. They're no longer a tech company. They're a zombie financial institution.

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There is a difference between a government ran enterprise and a for-profit enterprise that has it's risk behaviors subsidized by the government.

Yes, the latter escapes any legal accountability to its corruption.

Almost opposite. If a government institution doesn’t have accounting on money then it’s easier to hide corruption.

All government ran enterprises still rely on profit, it’s just pushing the profit incentives towards another group.

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