• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 days ago

    How does that make a difference?

    If the US government owns part of it when the bubble pops, then they’ll say they need to be bailed out. Why does it matter how they got it?

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      7 days ago

      I’m just disagreeing that’s not passing the bag. Because the government doesn’t lose anything because they haven’t paid anything. They’re not on the hook for anything owed.

      The other points I somewhat agree. On the bailout point I think any bailout that they would need in the future would exceed the value of the 5% and anyone stupid or compromised enough to go for that would have done it without the 5% anyway.

      What it could do is sway regulation that would favor OpenAI. Or bolster public opinions since OpenAI can say the government and therefore the people have a vested interest in X Y Z.

      The best thing would be to dump the stock ASAP and put it into the deficit or public programs but this administration isn’t going to do that.