When the government owns companies

When the government owns companies

So the U.S. government bailed out the insurance giant AIG. But we did not just bail it out by giving it a loan or guaranteeing its solvency. We bought 80% of its equity. So the U.S. government now essentially owns it. The government also โ€œseizedโ€ ownership of Fannie Mae, which I admit was a strange sort of public/private hybrid. But when the state owns companies, isnโ€™t that socialism? (Someone please correct me if Iโ€™m interpreting all of this incorrectly.)

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