•An overlooked factor in prosocial organizing is its property regime.•Common property is a feature of several notable prosocial organizations.•Common property helps decommodify the “fictitious commodities” of money, labor and land.•Decommodifying… Click to show full abstract
•An overlooked factor in prosocial organizing is its property regime.•Common property is a feature of several notable prosocial organizations.•Common property helps decommodify the “fictitious commodities” of money, labor and land.•Decommodifying restores factors to the use value they have before being marketized.•Recovering use value devotes factors to their prosocial purpose.
               
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