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[–] myszka@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Changes in quantity do lead to changes in quality, but there is always a precise point where gradual quantitative changes cause a sudden qualitative change. Water remains liquid from 0C to 99C and then suddenly starts boiling at 100C. To have a proper definition of something, such a dividing point is to be found.

I meant "right amount" as in "right amount for something to be private property" and not as in "morally right".

There could be a miriad of scenarios for having 10 houses without renting them. I would love to have my own place in 10 different cities or countries so I could just go there and live without worrying about renting somewhere to stay. I could have my own little data centers in those houses and host lots of decentralised media. I could use the houses for separating my workflow: one house for my musical instruments, another for engineering etc. But whether it is a real scenario is not important. Owning 10 houses is just an example of possessing more than the majority. If it is considered to be private property, then following the same logic having a personal computer while living in an area where few people have one should also be considered to be private property and, in the case of a revolution, the computer should be seized as such. So this is not merely something hypothetical.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

First of all, none of these downvotes are mine. Just to clarify, I don't do that.

I did write a long response to you, but honestly, I don't see the point. My objective in these spaces is to learn and educate. If you want to self medicate with asinine debate, find a different mark. There is nothing in your reply that merits repeating the points I already made and which you, intentionally or otherwise, ignored.

I appreciate the discussion. If you have anything you'd like to discuss related to reality, I'd hear you out.

[–] myszka@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

If you don't want to address my points, I'm not interested in continuing the discussion either.