Originally Posted by
skigambia
First off, this isn't even close to socialism. This is government assistance/investment, with an equity stake (See Intel). Countless industries, companies and even individuals get assistance without any government stake in them. Just free money. Spirit is offering up to 90% equity stake.
That is literally the definition of socialism. Government owned business. I know a lot of people like to use socialism as a broad term for anything they don't like, but the government owning businesses is literally socialism.