When you get taught about scary, scary communism as a kid, they make it sound as though it means you couldn't even own your teddy bear.

No one explains (likely because they themselves believed the same when they were taught) the difference between your teddy bear & a factory.

Maybe people could enjoy their own personal objects WITHOUT us having to allow some people to hoard resources. Maybe those two things really aren't the same type of thing. Maybe the fact we call them both "property" obscures their differences.

We can share the resources in common for the common good AND you can have your very own teddy bear that is just yours. I promise.

We've got people refusing the offer of a better world where they don't have to struggle just to keep a roof over their head because they DON'T know the difference between a teddy bear & a factory, between personal possessions & capital.

@artemis the ownership of capital is distinct from personal possessions.

The critique of capitalism criticizes capital.

Communism is not "sharing everything", communism is about the expropriation of the capital of the ruling class

@artemis

I don't want your toothbrush.
I want the landlord class to no longer exist.

@burnoutqueen @artemis

i don't want your toothbrush in any case. but, yeah, death to the ruling class.