Full Idea
The human soul has need of both personal property and collective property. …The existence of a social class defined by the lack of personal and collective property is as shameful as slavery.
Gist of Idea
People need personal and collective property, and a social class lacking property is shameful
Source
Simone Weil (Draft Statement of Human Obligations [1943], p.229)
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'An Anthology' [Penguin 1986], p.229
A Reaction
Nice. Particularly the idea that we all need collective property, such as parks and beaches and public buildings.