The Trump administration has announced roughly 10–15 equity and profit-sharing deals in private companies since January 2025—a policy that crosses traditionally ideological lines by using government funds for direct corporate ownership. The post frames this as a dangerous erosion of free-market principles equivalent to socialist policy proposals, but this comparison conflates two distinct economic critiques: direct state equity ownership (which conservatives often oppose on principle) versus progressive wealth redistribution policies (which redistribute existing wealth). The political judgment about which approach is more dangerous is subjective opinion grounded in libertarian principles.