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dofmtoday at 1:39 AM1 replyview on HN

It is literally partially nationalising though, isn’t it?

This is how the UK government got the banks through the 2008 financial crisis.


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ls612today at 2:47 AM

They bought the shares on the open market. They didn't seize the company at gunpoint.

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