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During the Spanish Revolution many of the owners of small businesses were better off after they were collectivized. If the majority of workers in any business, large or small, decide to collectivize it then they are free to do so. They stop obeying the boss and instead run it themselves. The former owners & bosses have the option of becoming workers in the new collective, equal to everyone else. There is no violence involved in this. There is only violence if the owners attempt to use force to prevent collectivization (such as by having police "protect" his "property"), in which case the workers have the right to defend themselves. Of course, if the business is so small that there are no employees (the owner is also the worker) then the owner can keep right on working by himself. S/he'd probably be better off joining a commune, but if s/he doesn't want to they don't have too.