> so state-owned is also private people owning it This is wrong by definition. There is an actual "true" dichotomy between public ownership and non-public owne

> so state-owned is also private people owning it This is wrong by definition. There is an actual "true" dichotomy between public ownership and non-public ownership. Two criteria: - "jointly exhaustive": the two subsets contain all possible scenarios - "mutually exclusive": the two subsets do not share any possible scenarios These criteria are met with the subsets of "the state" (meaning "public") and "private people" (meaning "non-public").