Bernie Sanders has proposed nationalizing half the stock of major AI companies to create a sovereign wealth fund for the American people. The article argues this proposal is defensible across multiple political philosophies, including libertarian frameworks. Drawing on Lockean property theory, the author contends that since AI is "built on the collective knowledge of humanity," the public holds a legitimate collective claim to the wealth it generates, making partial nationalization a reasonable response.
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