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If you want to continue mocking socialism you should learn the difference between private property and personal property. The commies aren't going to deprivatis
by pluma 8y ago
If you want to continue mocking socialism you should learn the difference between private property and personal property. The commies aren't going to deprivatise your toothbrush.
EDIT: Since HN rate limits me again, I'll just reply here:
The difference between private and personal property isn't about the thing so much as the use and intent. If you own a toothbrush for personal use, that's different from owning a toothbrush factory for producing toothbrushes you sell for money.
- Simon_says 8y agoWould knowing that distinction have changed my point?
- nootropicat 8y agoThe socialist definition is unsound. A toothbrush is a means of production - it produces clean teeth using human labor as input. The only difference compared to a big machine in a factory is scale, which is a completely arbitrary metric to define on and in many cases impossible to quantify. Only land and natural resources can be treated as something different in a sensible way, but that's explored in georgism, geolibertarianism and similar philosophies, not socialism.