• Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
    17·
    19 days ago

    In all fairness, the concept of owning things isn’t unique to capitalism - it’s Personal property vs. “Private” property. Whether it’s money or bartering, the things you bought you own via your own hard work, and that’s your personal property.

    Private property shouldn’t be a thing. A corporation shouldn’t own anything - there should always be a person on that contract that can be held to account. If you want to profit from your enterprise, you should be prepared to go down with it.

    • StinkySocialist@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      19 days ago

      I’m sorry I need to define the difference differently. My mental illness won’t let me not lol. Too afraid people won’t get it.

      Personal property: your house, your car, your clothes , your tooth brush, even your commercial grade bbq truck you use for fun.

      “Private property”: the means of production, working money, factory, stocks, business infrastructure. Statistically speaking scraps of stocks are the only private property anyone reading this owns.

      The profits that come from “having your money work for you” are really just taking surplus value from someone else’s labor.