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minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·2 months agoif by “collectively owned” you mean “owned by the government”, sure
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down12·2 months agoYes, that would be a collective meant to represent the people, good job.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·2 months ago“meant to” is doing some very heavy lifting there, chief
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down9·edit-22 months agoIf 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.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoActually, it is no longer a charity. It’s a scam.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·2 months agoI 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.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoSo we’re doing ad hominem now, eh. Not unexpected, but somewhat disappointing.
if by “collectively owned” you mean “owned by the government”, sure
Yes, that would be a collective meant to represent the people, good job.
“meant to” is doing some very heavy lifting there, chief
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.
Actually, it is no longer a charity. It’s a scam.
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.
So we’re doing ad hominem now, eh. Not unexpected, but somewhat disappointing.
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