Fionnáin quoted The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
The Need for Roots: prelude towards a declaration of duties towards mankind (French: L'Enracinement, prélude …
Participation in collective possessions—a participation consisting not in any material enjoyment, but in a feeling of ownership—is a no less important need...
A great modern factory is a waste from the point of view of the need of property; for it is unable to provide either the workers, or the manager who is paid his salary by the board of directors, or the members of the board who never visit it, or the shareholders who are unaware of its existence, with the least satisfaction in connexion with this need.
— The Need for Roots by Simone Weil (Page 34)
Following on from the previous quote that I posted at this link, the next page has this piece about "collective property" as opposed to "private property". Neither are used in a sense that would be familiar at the time of writing, I believe, and both are presented as Weil's sense of the terms.