person___man@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 years agoWhat's our stance on sex work?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down10
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageWhat's our stance on sex work?lemmy.worldperson___man@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square83linkfedilink
minus-squareLets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoBeing a worker is degrading. Being an owner is empowering.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years agoBeing a worker is empowering if you abolish Owners.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWhat does that even mean in the context of sex work? People no longer own their own bodies? Sounds disempowering to me. A dystopia!
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoCollective ownership, no individual ownership. Sex work would still be fundamentally different though, it isn’t the same as regular labor.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoCollective ownership? So I can hop on your laptop and do whatever I want?
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYou can use your laptop to start the next TikTok. Your laptop is a means of production.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI understand. Collective Ownership entails collective management of Capital based on agreed-upon rules. It does not mean nobody owns anything.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWhere do you draw the line between capital and personal property?
minus-squarePudutr0n@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYou can’t really abolish ownership. Only transfer it. Abolish all private enterprise? Congrats, the elite political class that rules your government now owns you. :)
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoYou can abolish ownership and make decisions democratically. It’s better than Capitalism where the wealthy few own the majority without democracy.
Being a worker is degrading.
Being an owner is empowering.
Being a worker is empowering if you abolish Owners.
What does that even mean in the context of sex work? People no longer own their own bodies? Sounds disempowering to me. A dystopia!
Collective ownership, no individual ownership.
Sex work would still be fundamentally different though, it isn’t the same as regular labor.
Collective ownership? So I can hop on your laptop and do whatever I want?
No.
You can use your laptop to start the next TikTok. Your laptop is a means of production.
I understand. Collective Ownership entails collective management of Capital based on agreed-upon rules. It does not mean nobody owns anything.
Where do you draw the line between capital and personal property?
You can’t really abolish ownership. Only transfer it. Abolish all private enterprise?
Congrats, the elite political class that rules your government now owns you. :)
You can abolish ownership and make decisions democratically. It’s better than Capitalism where the wealthy few own the majority without democracy.