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@mmclark @pixelpusher220 @SallyStrange @MontgomeryGator @RD4Anarchy

When you talk about your car, your home, and other things that you personally use and occupy, that’s not really what people mean when they talk about private ownership in the context of capitalism.

Private ownership refers to the owner’s ability to exert power over the rest of society via their ownership. Do you own land, such that people need to work for you for permission to feed themselves? Do you own a monopoly over a piece of music or the recording of a film? Do you own a business, such that people engaged in economic activity have to give you a portion of their income to keep working? Do you own someone *else’s* home, such that a third of their labor goes to supporting you?

That’s what we mean by “private.”