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Anarchists should rethink common vs private property (mastodon.social)
submitted 1 year ago by jlou@mastodon.social to c/anarchism@lemmy.ml
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Anarchists should rethink common vs private property
https://www.ellerman.org/rethinking-common-vs-private-property/
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[–] StrayCatFrump 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Capital rental benefits workers.

Wrong. Capital rental benefits the capitalist (e.g. the landlord).

Renting is buying....

Wrong. Weird, dumb misunderstanding that you are really irrationally obsessed with right now, and already explained. Rent is an exploitative property relation, that leaves the owner with ultimate power. If the dictator doesn't like you for any reason including that you don't follow his every edict (easily the equivalent of that "employment contract" you're so worried about), he terminates (e.g. evicts you). And I'm not sure why you keep putting @anarchism at the end of your comments, because you aren't advocating for it. You're just advocating for a property-based hierarchy with a different flavor.

Okay. Done with this exchange, and won't be replying further. Take care.

[–] jlou@mastodon.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You haven't been listening to what I have been saying. I am explicitly excluding land. We both agree that land should be commonly owned. With capital (as in equipment and machinery), if the party you're renting from has a condition you don't like for use of their capital, you can compel a sale at their self-assessed price in the scheme I mentioned. This eliminates the monopoly power associated with capital ownership. Thus, it confers no hierarchical authority to the owner