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minus-squareAjenlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down8·edit-21 year ago Dude why do people think communism means you can’t own anything. There’s a difference between private and personal properties. Because the dictionary definitions of those words don’t match the way you’re using them. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal
minus-squareMisterScruffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI think definition b on private covers what he was talking about Also merriam Webster is not the end all be all of how language is used
minus-squareAjenlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year ago belonging to or concerning an individual person, company, or interest My car “belongs to […] an individual person”, doesn’t it?
minus-squarezbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoA car can not only belong to one person, but it can be operated by one person. A key distinction I’ve heard is: whether a property has to be collectively operated or can it be individually operated?
Because the dictionary definitions of those words don’t match the way you’re using them.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal
I think definition b on private covers what he was talking about
Also merriam Webster is not the end all be all of how language is used
My car “belongs to […] an individual person”, doesn’t it?
A car can not only belong to one person, but it can be operated by one person.
A key distinction I’ve heard is: whether a property has to be collectively operated or can it be individually operated?