[kazinator]

In order to own the fruits of your labor, you have to pay for all the tools and materials you need, and the space where you apply the tools to the materials.

The material suppliers and toolsmiths also own the fruits of their labor, and don't owe them to you.

Capitalism exists because individual worker ownership doesn't scale beyond simple trades. If a worker gets enough wherewithal to scale his or her operation to just a small shop, there are going to be workers there, who are either wage labor, or else customers who pay to use the shop.

[mgrthrow]

I'd encourage you to read The Conquest of Bread for some high level thoughts on other ways we could arrange things that a) aren't primitive and b) aren't capitalism.

[kazinator]

Unless demonstrated otherwise, this sort of "could" is indistinguishable from "couldn't".

[mgrthrow]

Good news then, because many of his ideas have been demonstrated!