I generally agree, but what if we got away from the idea of owning things and developed library communism where you could borrow a tent or a Lamborghini for the weekend. I could still see markets being used for this, like you get 100 luxury bucks per month and you can spend them on renting the Lamborghini or eating at a fancy restaurant or a camping trip
I mean, I have nothing against an expanded mandate for libraries, but I don't think personal property was ever the problem - private property is the problem and we should be sure not to confuse the two.
There are downsides to not owning my own tent - I only need to learn to assemble it once, I know I'm not going to get to a mountain top only to find there is a crucial missing piece, I can choose to go camping on a whim without first traveling to some centralized tent depository, I can count on my tent being available at any time (I never have to worry about all the tents being checked out), etc.
Yeah, if you really like camping and want to own a tent that's perfectly reasonable, especially if you put in a few shifts at the tent factory. But everyone should be able to borrow a tent for a weekend if they want to try out camping.
Lamborghinis are a lot more rare and valuable than tents, and it doesn't make as much sense for one person to own one exclusively. They're also almost exclusively owned by rich capitalists, so seizing all Lamborghinis and re-distributing them via library socialism seems fair to me.
I generally agree, but what if we got away from the idea of owning things and developed library communism where you could borrow a tent or a Lamborghini for the weekend. I could still see markets being used for this, like you get 100 luxury bucks per month and you can spend them on renting the Lamborghini or eating at a fancy restaurant or a camping trip
I mean, I have nothing against an expanded mandate for libraries, but I don't think personal property was ever the problem - private property is the problem and we should be sure not to confuse the two.
There are downsides to not owning my own tent - I only need to learn to assemble it once, I know I'm not going to get to a mountain top only to find there is a crucial missing piece, I can choose to go camping on a whim without first traveling to some centralized tent depository, I can count on my tent being available at any time (I never have to worry about all the tents being checked out), etc.
Yeah, if you really like camping and want to own a tent that's perfectly reasonable, especially if you put in a few shifts at the tent factory. But everyone should be able to borrow a tent for a weekend if they want to try out camping.
Lamborghinis are a lot more rare and valuable than tents, and it doesn't make as much sense for one person to own one exclusively. They're also almost exclusively owned by rich capitalists, so seizing all Lamborghinis and re-distributing them via library socialism seems fair to me.