Reply #75: The point I was trying to make was that [View All]

[julianer]

socialists who are in favour of public ownership of the means of production are not interested in communalising personal property - which is one of the longstanding distortions made by their enemies eg 'these socialists want to take away you car, clothes, TV, hifi....' etc, etc.

But you raise an interesting point. Do you think that nothing can be produced unless there is a capitalist behind it?

What actual role does a capitalist play in production? - they provide the money. Do they even know that they own the TV factory? - probably not. Are they loyal to the continued production of the factory? - no, not if it can be done cheaper elsewhere. Are they concerned about getting their TVs to the widest number of people? - no, only those who can afford to buy their produce.

So my question to you is this: why do you think it is impossible to produce things without capitalists?