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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if by "collectively owned" you mean "owned by the government", sure

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, that would be a collective meant to represent the people, good job.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"meant to" is doing some very heavy lifting there, chief

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If a charity executive embezzles from donations, is the organization no longer a charity?

You can point to the flaws all day, but the means of production were collectively owned. It's what happened after that where things started going wrong.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actually, it is no longer a charity. It's a scam.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I can see how someone with absolutely no idea how things work or a sense of scale that reaches beyond their immediate vision might think that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

So we're doing ad hominem now, eh. Not unexpected, but somewhat disappointing.