You are absolutely on the mark … The Concepts of Marxism about “public ownership” are very seductive. They have obviously seduced many Texans and many Freepers on this thread. Next they’ll be pushing another of Marx’s concepts: expropriation of private land for the “public good.”
Just so you know: Marxism has come off poorly in its test against reality. Much of Marxism has been put in the latest edition of the book of mythologies that primitive peoples used to believe.