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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Being a worker is empowering if you abolish Owners.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What does that even mean in the context of sex work? People no longer own their own bodies? Sounds disempowering to me. A dystopia!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Collective ownership, no individual ownership.

Sex work would still be fundamentally different though, it isn't the same as regular labor.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Collective ownership? So I can hop on your laptop and do whatever I want?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can use your laptop to start the next TikTok. Your laptop is a means of production.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I understand. Collective Ownership entails collective management of Capital based on agreed-upon rules. It does not mean nobody owns anything.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Where do you draw the line between capital and personal property?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That's not an answer. That's just restating the name of your position.

Here's an example: suppose I buy a bunch of woodworking tools and put them in my garage. I now have a woodworking shop which I can use to make and sell furniture. Is that capital? Am I required to surrender my garage to the authorities?