• Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOPM
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      8 days ago

      It’s a good start, but I’d go with ‘owners’ and occasionally stress, ‘all owners.’

      People respect plain speaking, and suspect convoluted speaking. If we want to win folks over, plain speaking is the way.

      • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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        8 days ago

        Drag owns a toothbrush. Drag isn’t a member of the owning class, but drag is in the most literal sense an “owner”. Drag recognises you’re using a technical definition of a common term, but drag doesn’t think liberals will understand. They’ll see your language as convoluted.