Some people have maintained that private ownership of the means of production ultimately destroys any society that sanctions it  This may be true of a less technologically advanced society that must share its economic resources to survive
But since only private ownership of the means of production permits individuals to test new technologies without the majority' s consent, a technologically advanced society will actually endanger its survival if the means of production become public property
It is a generalization about societies that according to the argument is true for any society in which the majority of its citizens does not impede the introduction of new technologies.