Hah, I think the point of the talk, emphasized in other clips, is "who gets to decide how to redistribute wealth?" It's relevant today as a commentary on welfare, misused tax money, and other bureaucratic priorities (like funding Israel, perhaps?)
The guy on trial represents the hard working American people who simply want to keep the fruits of their labor. In the film, steel represented the physical condensate of that work. The fancy steel was being "government prioritized" instead of using market dynamics to determine who'd be able to purchase it. The guy / the American people analogy disagreed with their value being "taken" by the state because such action even if political, is still fundamentally theft.
The reason the market is not dictating the steal is because those companies that should be buying it have their money invested in communist politicians instead of having that cash budgeted for raw materials or other normal stuff. Just spend on the faggot bribes and shit and like you said steal the steal instead of doing shit legally and ethically "I know, none of them know what ethics are since they went to college where it is not taught"
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