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    I have explained that they don’t, as long as they are scrutinized in the same level as I consider owners should be.

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      So then they aren’t owners. They can’t buy or sell what they “own,” they come into power via democratic means, they don’t compete in markets to accumulate more Capital. These aren’t owners. Why do you think they should be considered owners if they don’t own?

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        Yes, that’s what you think.

        Why do you think they should be considered owners if they don’t own?

        Because it’s you who thinks they don’t own, not me.

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          Please explain why and how your “owners” actually own if they have no actual ownership, and purely serve as administrators and managers. Can they, or can’t they, sell or buy more Capital? What are these “rights” they have that are sufficient for ownership?

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            To me all you need for ownership is a paper stating that your title will be “owner” in relation to a good, and some rights / obligations assotiated to it.

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              So if I write down on a piece of paper that I own the US, I do? What are these “rights/obligations” that are sufficient for ownership?

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                If the paper is signed by an official of the US state with sufficient authority, and the laws of the country allow it, yes.

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                  What comes with this ownership? What “rights/obligations” do I have?

                  In my opinion, you are defining ownership as “any authority position that is called ownership.” I don’t think this is useful, at this point you are attempting to define the nature of a concept by the name we call it. This is idealism, not materialism, ie this believes ideas create reality, rather than the inverse.