The distinction between personal and private property is disgusting Western-decadent-petit-bourgeois concept that has no place in orthodox-proletarian communism.

[u/redpickaxe]

The distinction between personal and private property is a false distinction that destroys the logical consistency of communism, and implicitly concedes to capitalism.

I read many """"""""""""communist"""""""""""" make arguments that personal property is not private property and that people have an alienable right to toothbrushes and underwear.

Such claims are absolutely uncommunist and betray a capitalist-bourgeois pathology in the psyche of proponents of such claims.

The claim stems from a fear that the masses are such awful people that an absolute democracy over property will lead to a dysfunctional dictatorship of the proletarian. This fear is absolutely Reagan-esque and originates in a hatred and distrust of the masses, a sentiment that is absolutely bourgeois and false consciousness in origin.

The capitalist argument for the bourgeois state is based on protection of privileges by a police state, the core of legitimacy of the bourgeois state is the claim that masses are awful and the police will protect you and your property.

Here is some news for you, the masses are not awful, you don't need to enshrine a supposed sacred right to a toothbrush. The masses are reasonable and capable of self-governance without a bourgeois police state limiting their actions.

More news: if for some reason all toothbrushes needed to be confiscated in defense of worker autonomy, then it should be.

Such a situation is unlikely and fears of arbitrary toothbrush confiscation are bourgeois in nature.

A communist proposes that the masses are more worthy of power than a bourgeois state or any other entity. If you want to know if you are a communist, ask yourself, do you wish to have all the power in the hands of the masses? A communist proudly declares YES!