Exile is a person from twitter trying to unite marxism with Biblical Christianity. He and I ran into one another on Twitter and had an exchange:

Exile:

The story of capitalism is the story of land theft, resource extraction, slavery, and genocide. There is no kinder, gentler capitalism. It all rests on this bedrock.

The primitive accumulation necessary to kickstart capital ownership is itself violent and a theft from the commons, and only leads to more violent forms of extraction and maintenance of power to keep the underclass of laborers in line.

TheSire:

“The primitive accumulation necessary to kickstart capital ownership is itself violent and a theft from the commons”

How is a person owning a business theft from the “commons”?

Exile:

Ownership of possessions is different from ownership of means of production, real estate, etc. Personal possessions, which are proper and exist in nature, are distinct from private property, which is an arrangement between “owners” and a government that will enforce “ownership.”

In what sense do I own a farm or factory across the country? In the sense that the government will kill anyone who acts like I don’t.

TheSire:

If ownership of possessions and ownership of production are only distinguished by the fact the government enforces such, then ownership isn’t really distinguishable between them. You can distinguish them only by the things owned and not by a difference in ownership. So, the distinction isn’t relevant or helpful. You’re supposed to be arguing that Capitalism requires theft and violence.

Here’s my counter-argument:
P1. If private property(PP) is biblical, then PP isn’t theft.
P2. PP is Biblical
C. Therefore, PP isn’t theft

Evidence for the second premise has been provided by others:

https://tifwe.org/resource/ownership-and-property-in-the-old-testament-economy/