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> The police will not help you much when your capital (i.e. private property)

Most people don't hold much private property apart from maybe their house. Pretty much everything else from vehicles to toothbrushes fall under the category of personal property.

Private property generates capital for the owner without the owner performing labour, personal property does not. Police will protect the former, not the ladder.

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I was responding to a parent comment which said "capital (i.e. private property)", not coming up with my own definition or wording, so if you have an issue with the semantics, please take it up with them.

That said, the police usually aren't especially interested in protecting business assets and property from being damaged or stolen either. Ask any business manager or owner who has had property damaged or stolen, and they will tell you that the police (in most areas) don't particularly care.

What if the ladder is rented out to do-it-your-selfers, is it then private property?

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