• OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
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      4 hours ago

      Do you think socialists are out to collectivize your toothbrush?

      No, the siezing of factories and large estates is not equivalent to siezing your sewing needles or your backyard garden. They seize these means of production because their previous ownership was about denying people access to the means of production, not because they don’t think individuals should have their own means of production.

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        7 hours ago

        Sure. But that doesn’t mean the people living in a specific house own that house.

        I’m not even criticizing China on this one. It seems like a good system. It’s just funny how the CCP seems to desperately need to be #1 on every list, even when it makes no sense like home ownership in a nation where nobody owns their home.