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    It is not the case that Collective ownership is necessary to promote the common interest and social unity.

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    • 1.Aristotle argued in Politics II that collective ownership breeds neglect and conflict, as people care most for what is their own.
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    • 2.When no individual bears responsibility for shared resources, diffused accountability undermines rather than promotes the common interest.
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    • 3.Social unity grounded in shared private stakes (family, property, community) is historically more durable than unity imposed through collective ownership.
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    • 1.Hume and Smith demonstrated that the price mechanism under dispersed private ownership aggregates and coordinates individual interests without requiring unified collective control.
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    • 2.Hayek's knowledge problem shows that collective ownership concentrates decisions in agents who cannot possess the local, tacit knowledge needed to serve the common interest effectively.
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    • 1.Private property causes social divisiveness when some grieve exceedingly and others rejoice at the same happenings.
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    • 2.Collective ownership aligns individual interests with the common interest.
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