>the erosion of personal ownership and what that will mean for our loyalties to traditional American concepts of capitalism and private property. I don't under

>the erosion of personal ownership and what that will mean for our loyalties to traditional American concepts of capitalism and private property. I don't understand the author's premise. The author is largely lamenting that people are buying services over goods, but that doesn't show a dwindling loyalty towards capitalism in the slightest. I might think it strengthens loyalty to capitalism, as many of these services require an ongoing relationship with the market. I'm also unsure about how "private property" is a traditional American concept and the author does a poor job explaining why changing loyality to it is a reason to be nervous...