Google is free: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprise Root around in there, plenty of examp

Google is free: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprise Root around in there, plenty of examples of nations taking control of individual companies or entire industries. Feel free to make your own judgements of which were doing it "for the good of the people" vs "to take control of a major income sector in order to enrich a minority of individuals within the government".