• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    2 months ago

    One of my friends described it as there’s difference between private property and personal property. Your toothbrush is personal property. No one cares about that. Your factory where you assemble widgets is private property, where you’re paying people to convert labor into stuff you can sell.

    I should read more left-wing theory. It made sense when he explained it.

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      2 months ago

      How does that apply to things like computers? My personal PC can also double up as a server from which I run the applications that I sell to people. The PC is the means of production, and it is mine, but I don’t necessarily write all the code myself.