1. Government has money. This money is collected through tax revenue, resource royalties, etc.
2. Shareholders of company voluntarily put sell orders on a stock exchange.
3. Government places buy orders on a stock exchange.
4. Repeat #2 and #3 enough times, and the government becomes a majority shareholder.
No part of this involves confiscation, any more then Berkshire-Hathaway buying, and taking a public company private is 'confiscating' it.
1. Government has money. This money is collected through tax revenue, resource royalties, etc.
2. Shareholders of company voluntarily put sell orders on a stock exchange.
3. Government places buy orders on a stock exchange.
4. Repeat #2 and #3 enough times, and the government becomes a majority shareholder.
No part of this involves confiscation, any more then Berkshire-Hathaway buying, and taking a public company private is 'confiscating' it.