ecocentrik a day ago

When you're really familiar with extortion, everything looks like an opportunity for extortion.

CoastalCoder a day ago

Yes, but in this case the restaurant was already empty of customers on most evenings.

  • miltonlost a day ago

    Breaking into an empty locked building is still breaking and entering.

  • echoangle a day ago

    So then it’s fine?

    • CoastalCoder a day ago

      My point was that Intel is already in need of rescue investment all on its own.

      I'm just pointing out a limitation of the Mafia analogy.

  • Spooky23 a day ago

    As long as there’s still cash, there’s plenty of stuff to loot.

rcap5 a day ago

Socializing a corporate venture with peace time debt seems counter to the ideals of free market capitalism. Even the takeover of "government motors" (GM) during the Great Recession left many concerned about government overreach. Boeing killed people with a bad product, and they only faced a fine without direct equity takeover.