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by chipotle_coyote 2429 days ago
I'm not an economist, but I'm pretty sure the system where workers own the means of production isn't capitalism.
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It refers to "you" vs the state. You create a factory or a business or a new patent and you're responsible. You gain the profits or suffer the losses and nobody else can take it from you.

Workers are obviously not business owners, but they do own their own labor and are free to take whatever job they want, not be assigned to it from some central authority.