person___man@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 6 months agoWhat's our stance on sex work?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1978arrow-down11
arrow-up1977arrow-down1imageWhat's our stance on sex work?lemmy.worldperson___man@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareLets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoBeing a worker is degrading. Being an owner is empowering.
minus-squareCowbee [he/him]linkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoBeing a worker is empowering if you abolish Owners.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months 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/him]linkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months 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-up1·6 months agoCollective ownership? So I can hop on your laptop and do whatever I want?
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoYou can use your laptop to start the next TikTok. Your laptop is a means of production.
minus-squareCowbee [he/him]linkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months 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-up2·6 months agoWhere do you draw the line between capital and personal property?
minus-squarePudutr0n@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months 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/him]linkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months 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.