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.

@artemis you very very probably know this, but maybe someone is reading along that doesn't have the concepts.

There's a stark difference between what is yours because you use it for your comfort, "personal property", your teddybear. Versus those things you own, that allow you to extract value of other peoples labour, "private property", owning the factory where others work.

These simple concepts are constantly conflated to muddy any discussions about the (re-)organisation of society.

@marijn
Appreciate the addition. I wasn't gonna go in depth on this thread, so it's helpful.